NaNoWriMo

I’m standing at the end of a very tall diving board. Dare I jump? Well, I said I would, so I will. I’m going to write a 50K word novel for NaNoWriMo. I am confident in my writing ability. It’s the rest of the stuff I’m not sure of.

First of all, I signed in to NaNoWriMo successfully–I think. NOW what do I do? Where do I put what I’ll be writing? In my own documents? Somewhere on their website? Where are the places I click on their site to get my stuff stored, like daily word count, etc.

Second, when I looked at the NaNo site, I see badges and requests for info about me. Do I keep track of these badges? Do they? Where do I put my writer info?

Third, there have been many posts about this and that. Hints. Storing stuff. My big deal is how to navigate all this? How do I decide if I NEED to do this, if it’s a suggestion, or will I be disqualified if I don’t do this?

Fourth, I think I’m registered (if that’s the word) for NaNo through Houston Writers Guild. Do I duplicate everything?

Fifth, I’m a member of RoTaNoWriMo. Will I be triplicating all my stuff?

The writing part of NaNoWriMo is nothing. Trying to figure out what’s what, where to put it, what documentation is needed for 3 entities listed above–I am totally at sea, so much at sea that I don’t even know what I don’t know. Maybe the mini workshop tomorrow will answer some questions.

Game on!