Daily Q&A

Q: Jen, Script Frenzy is a mere four months away! What is the very most exciting thing on the ticket-littered, scene-strewn Script Frenzy horizon? Do you already have an idea for your screenplay?
A: It is hard to pick just one most exciting thing! I am looking forward

Q:Jaime, you won NaNoWriMo for the first time—in the cab of an 18-wheeler! Somehow you managed to drive all over the country, make pickups and deliveries, and write a novel! How did you do it? Did you get motion sickness? Is writing in a rig better than writing at a desk?
A: I drive a Semi with my partner

Q: Larry, what role did NaNoWriMo play in the history of the Six-Word Memoir project? Do you see any similarities between the project and NaNoWriMo?
A:NaNoWriMo has a special place in the history of the six-word

Q: Kitty, you wrote your NaNo-novel on a cell phone. How does that work? Are your thumbs damaged from your efforts? How is this better than noveling on a computer?
A: I actually type faster on my Blackberry—using only my thumbs—than I do on a computer keyboard. On a computer, I already type

Q: Dr Wicked, we have heard from thousand of Wrimos who use (and were led to victory by) Write or Die, a writing tool you created. Why did you make it, and how does it work? Will the electric shock mode be activated any time soon?
A: I made Write or Die because it occurred to me that the reason people

Q: Antwon and Ealasaid, you've both won NaNoWriMo for the past
eight years, and you still found time to fall in love and get married! Is it true that your first date was a NaNoWriMo event? What role did writing novels together play in your courtship?
A: Well, we tend to say that our "zeroth" date was a NaNo event, because we

Q: Sandra, you moderate the Diving Deeper writing group, which had three winners by November 17, and 13 winners by today! What did you put in the water?
A:Our first winner was Leigh-Anne, who crossed the 50, 000 mark on November 10, followed by twelve others as of today. A total of 23

Q: Jen, on November 20 your computer crashed and you lost your 2008 NaNoNovel. That night, you started on a new story. How is it going? Will you be a winner in spite of it all?
A: First off, I feel like I've severely neglected my ML duties. I spend all of November, and portions of the other

Q: John, you organize a 2 AM write-in at the Steak and Shake in DeKalb, IL. Why so late? Is writing in the middle of the night any different or better than daytime write-ins?
A: My motivation for starting the late night write-in is due to the fact that I work third shift. My typical work day runs from 11 pm to 7:30 am and I'm

Q: Anastasia, you are ML for one of the more remote NaNoWriMo regions. How does where you live affect how you write? What is most challenging about the location?
A: My daughter says I'm living "on the edge of the middle of nowhere." But it doesn't seem that remote to