Get Your Words Out 2017
Dec. 13th, 2016 02:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meridian_roseThere'll be another promo post about this closer to sign-ups but I'm going to link to the Get Your Words Out (GYWO) 2017 update post, giving an outline of changes. ETA: it's a locked post, only current members can see it, but as I mentioned below there are only a few tweaks and you can read more about all the features as soon as sign-ups open.
GYWO 2017
The choice of pledge levels will remain the same, but there are a few new items including writing buddies which, if successful, could be helpful.
GYWO is a low pressure community for writers. All writing bar mandatory work (business reports, school essays, etc) counts - original fic, fanfic, poetry, meta, non-fiction all go towards the annual wordcount. There are no penalties for failing to meet your goal but there is encouragement throughout the year at LJ/DW, Tumblr and Twitter. You do have to check-in with your up-to-date wordcount at the end of each month (check-ins run for 5-7 days) but so long as you have more than zero words by the March check-in you're good to go.
I've participated in 2015 and 2016. I'm close to meeting my 200k goal, up from my 150k goal in 2015 (and would have completed by now had I won NaNo again) and it is worth signing up for the spreadsheet wordcount tracker alone. You can track by projects as well as overall totals so it gives you a good overview of when you write, when your most productive months are, which projects are getting all your love, etc.
GYWO 2017
The choice of pledge levels will remain the same, but there are a few new items including writing buddies which, if successful, could be helpful.
GYWO is a low pressure community for writers. All writing bar mandatory work (business reports, school essays, etc) counts - original fic, fanfic, poetry, meta, non-fiction all go towards the annual wordcount. There are no penalties for failing to meet your goal but there is encouragement throughout the year at LJ/DW, Tumblr and Twitter. You do have to check-in with your up-to-date wordcount at the end of each month (check-ins run for 5-7 days) but so long as you have more than zero words by the March check-in you're good to go.
I've participated in 2015 and 2016. I'm close to meeting my 200k goal, up from my 150k goal in 2015 (and would have completed by now had I won NaNo again) and it is worth signing up for the spreadsheet wordcount tracker alone. You can track by projects as well as overall totals so it gives you a good overview of when you write, when your most productive months are, which projects are getting all your love, etc.
