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#60072 - 11/02/09 01:42 PM NaNoWriMo update
BWBShari Member Registered: 10/24/08 Posts: 760 Loc: Edgewood NM	DS walked over when I was setting myself up for torture in NaNoWriMo. He asked about it and I explained the idea. He decided that he wanted to participate with me! We made him a word count of 1000. On the very first day of writing, he posted 118 words! This from a kid who hates to write. He's writing a play involving superheros and monsters. NaNo will send him a certificate for participating and if he completes his goal, he'll receive additional stuff. I can't believe how excited he is about this! I'll keep you posted... _________________________ Shari Mom to DS 3, DS 4, DS 7, DD 14 Foster Mom to DS 7, DS 13, DS17
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#60091 - 11/02/09 09:00 PM Re: NaNoWriMo update [Re: BWBShari]
Wyldkat Member Registered: 05/22/09 Posts: 263	Wolf is doing NaNo with me too. 1000 words as well, but we haven't started his yet due to behavior issues.... Sigh... I'm up to almost 4000 words though.
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#60093 - 11/02/09 09:07 PM Re: NaNoWriMo update [Re: Wyldkat]
Kriston Member Registered: 09/19/07 Posts: 5850 Loc: Midwest	Yay, rah, WriMos! Go get 'em! _________________________ Kriston Mom to DS8 and DS5
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#60094 - 11/02/09 09:24 PM Re: NaNoWriMo update [Re: BWBShari]
LMom Member Registered: 12/14/07 Posts: 859	Originally Posted By: BWBShari DS walked over when I was setting myself up for torture in NaNoWriMo. He asked about it and I explained the idea. He decided that he wanted to participate with me! We made him a word count of 1000. On the very first day of writing, he posted 118 words! This from a kid who hates to write. He's writing a play involving superheros and monsters. NaNo will send him a certificate for participating and if he completes his goal, he'll receive additional stuff. I can't believe how excited he is about this! I'll keep you posted... Do we have the same child at home? DS7 too decided to participate much to my surprise given his attitude towards writing. It might have helped that the all the children in the class he attends couple of times per week participate. His goal is 1,000 as well, which is way too low but whatever makes him happy He wrote 190 words yesterday and about 100 more today. Have you done the preparation booklet? http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/workbooks It's quite awesome. It makes one really thing about all the characters, setting, story line, etc. _________________________ LMom
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#60754 - 11/09/09 12:14 PM Re: NaNoWriMo update [Re: LMom]
BWBShari Member Registered: 10/24/08 Posts: 760 Loc: Edgewood NM	One week down, three to go. I'm churning toward 21,000. My young accomplice will hit 300 today!! For DS6 this is truly amazing. He gets so excited when we post his new word count each night. Soooo.... How's everyone else doing? _________________________ Shari Mom to DS 3, DS 4, DS 7, DD 14 Foster Mom to DS 7, DS 13, DS17
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#60762 - 11/09/09 12:55 PM Re: NaNoWriMo update [Re: BWBShari]
kimck Member Registered: 09/20/07 Posts: 907 Loc: MN	DS9 has a goal set of 6000 words and is over 1000 words now. He's having a lot of fun with it! I think I set his goal a little high based on how much computer time I'll let him have vs. other work we need to do on the computer. I may adjust down a little? We may not have computer access over the Thanksgiving holiday either.
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#60778 - 11/09/09 03:38 PM Re: NaNoWriMo update [Re: kimck]
Wyldkat Member Registered: 05/22/09 Posts: 263	I'm at 16000 and Wolf is at nearly 400 out of 1000. I think he's going to go over...
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#60782 - 11/09/09 05:46 PM Re: NaNoWriMo update [Re: Wyldkat]
onthegomom Member Registered: 07/28/09 Posts: 1110	What are you talking about? It sounds like I want to do it too. Edited by onthegomom (11/09/09 05:46 PM)
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#60784 - 11/09/09 06:41 PM Re: NaNoWriMo update [Re: onthegomom]
LMom Member Registered: 12/14/07 Posts: 859	Here is a link to NaNoWriMo http://www.nanowrimo.org/ DS7 is doing great. He wrote more than 1,150 words and already surpassed his original goal of 1,000. Today he doubled his goal. I am pretty sure he will meet it without any problems. _________________________ LMom
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#60786 - 11/09/09 06:50 PM Re: NaNoWriMo update [Re: LMom]
Nautigal Member Registered: 04/22/09 Posts: 181	Oooh, thanks! I heard about this last year and had forgotten about it! The page seems to be down right now, so maybe everybody's jammed it up with their writing. I'll have to check it out and get DS7 involved--it's right up his alley.
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