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  • Sep. 7th, 2011 at 12:23 PM

[info]jbknowles
Hi friends!

It's that time of year again! Yay! Are you ready for some serious writing? Me too!

Before signing up, please read the description below and make sure this is something you'd really like to do and are willing to commit to.

JoNoWriMo+1.5 is a COMMUNITY effort, and as such, being a member means checking in and providing helpful feedback and encouragement to others. You can do this buy posting something inspirational, commenting on other people's posts, and showing up on check-in days to check in and cheer everyone on.

It's going to be a great year. Let's try to beat our record for number of goals set!


Love,
Jo

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From the Info Page:


This is a community for the people who have signed up for the 6th Annual JoNoWriMo+1.5 challenge. Please feel free to post your ups and downs, questions, requests for help, and everything in between!

What is JoNoWriMo+1.5?

Inspired by NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), JoNoWriMo+1.5 is similar, but allows writers 2.5 months to complete a project(s) of their choice. On September 14, participants will state their goals, and then for the next 2.5 months we will work on those goals together. Our challenge ends on midnight, December 1.

On official check-in days, I will make a post to the group and ask everyone who has signed up to leave comments and report their progress so far. These dates are:

October 12
November 9
November 23
December 1—OUR FINAL CHECK IN! PARTY!!!!! :-)

On these days, we ask that no one else make an individual post so that the check-in post is easy to find. Thanks!

PLEASE REMEMBER: This community is set up for members to post their questions, ask for encouragement, share their progress, and cheer on others. We are here as a supportive community only. This is not a competition in any way.

Best of luck, everyone!

Jo Knowles (moderator)

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[info]slatts wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 04:53 pm (UTC)
EXCELLENT!
I'm in!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 05:03 pm (UTC)
Re: EXCELLENT!
Yay!
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(no subject) - [info]slatts - Sep. 7th, 2011 05:11 pm (UTC) - Expand
[info]lisa_schroeder wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 05:23 pm (UTC)
I'm in, I'm in!!!

I just realized, I sold the book I worked on last year for JoNoWriMo+1.5. I haven't announced it yet, because I don't have a title, but...

Yay for helping me to be accountable and finish it!!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 06:10 pm (UTC)
That's so cool!!! :-) Glad you're here again!
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(no subject) - [info]dampscribbler - Sep. 7th, 2011 08:55 pm (UTC) - Expand
(no subject) - [info]afraclose - Sep. 12th, 2011 01:44 pm (UTC) - Expand
[info]jessica_shea wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 05:44 pm (UTC)
Yay! I'm so in! My deadline for book2 is the beginning of December, and I'm only at 12k. EEP.
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 06:11 pm (UTC)
Great! And congrats!
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(no subject) - [info]stephwooten - Sep. 9th, 2011 12:55 pm (UTC) - Expand
[info]saputnam wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 05:55 pm (UTC)
I'm in! I really need this! I'm hoping that it will just what I need in order to finish writing the ending for NED, and then to do an indepth revision of the complete manuscript.
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 06:11 pm (UTC)
Sounds good! :)
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[info]Erin E. Robinson wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 06:07 pm (UTC)
I'm in, too! I have plenty to work on!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 06:11 pm (UTC)
Glad to have you! :)
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[info]Jillian Melnyk wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 06:10 pm (UTC)
Yay! Thanks for doing this! Definitely want to participate!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 06:12 pm (UTC)
You're welcome! Happy to have you! ;)
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[info]amygreenfield wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 06:39 pm (UTC)
I'm in, too, with a new WIP! Not sure yet what the exact goal will be, but I'll work on that. Thanks so much, Jo!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 08:01 pm (UTC)
So exciting! New! :)
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 07:15 pm (UTC)
This is perfect timing! I'm going to be turning in a DEAD IS book next week so I have a couple of different ideas to choose from.

Mar
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 08:01 pm (UTC)
Great! I'm so glad!
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[info]blackeyedsue21 wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 07:21 pm (UTC)
Yay, I'm in! This will be the perfect thing to kick my butt in gear. I'm 13k into my WIP and would love to finish the draft by Dec. 1st. I plan on writing 1000 words a day on average, which will put me right on target with a little wiggle room. I know it hasn't started yet but I've already completed my word count for today. Yay!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 08:01 pm (UTC)
Hooray!
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[info]dampscribbler wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 08:55 pm (UTC)
You so rock, Jo. Thanks for doing this again! You know I'm in! I'll post my goal next week!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:40 pm (UTC)
Hooray!
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[info]cfaughnan wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 08:56 pm (UTC)
I'm in! I'm working on what my goal(s) will be. Thanks for doing this, Jo!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:40 pm (UTC)
Woohoo!
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[info]josiecv wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 08:59 pm (UTC)
I'm in, too! I've been offline ALL summer so it'll be nice to have a good, friendly group to help me get back into the swing of things.
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:40 pm (UTC)
Hooray!
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[info]d_michiko_f wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 10:00 pm (UTC)
Count me in! I hope to be more active this year - and to actually meet my goal!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:41 pm (UTC)
Yay!
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Sep. 7th, 2011 11:30 pm (UTC)
Do you accept foreign participants? cause I'd like to sign in as I have lots of thing to work on but I need to set a deadline and yours would be wonderful!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:41 pm (UTC)
Sure! You need to give me the name you want me to use. :)
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(no subject) - [info]Lucia Pannacci - Sep. 11th, 2011 11:06 pm (UTC) - Expand
(Anonymous) wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 12:29 am (UTC)
Perfect timing Jo! My mentorship final submission date is...December 1st!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:41 pm (UTC)
Is this Chrissy?
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[info]marvelousmarv wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 12:51 am (UTC)
I'm in
Hi Jo,

My goal is to move from a rough draft (very rough in parts) to a complete first draft (ready for critiquing) for my latest YA SciFi novel. Editing is much different than jotting down ideas in a rough draft (has anyone else ever wished our rough drafts were perfect the first time around? sigh!). And this is much much longer than most of my other stuff roughly 191 pages, 45000 words so far. Not sure my idea of the ending is strong enough. More on that later on in the process.

Best of luck to my fellow writers.

Marv
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:42 pm (UTC)
Re: I'm in
Yay Marv!!!!
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[info]eshakespear wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 06:19 am (UTC)
I'm game. Sounds like a great way to keep my slacker bum motivated! :)
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:42 pm (UTC)
Woohoo!
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[info]stephwooten wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 12:21 pm (UTC)
You know I'm always game for some JoNo.

This year is going to be tough. I have so much more going on, but I will MAKE TIME! :)

I'm a little less than halfway through the first draft of my current wip and would LOVE to finish that baby.

Yayayayayay!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:43 pm (UTC)
Yippee!
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[info]babycakes91 wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 12:27 pm (UTC)
I am so in. Can't wait.
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 01:43 pm (UTC)
Yay!
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[info]stephanieburgis wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 02:24 pm (UTC)
I am SO in! :) Thanks so much for running this, Jo!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2011 07:10 pm (UTC)
Great!!
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[info]tiffanyschmidt wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 02:33 pm (UTC)
Me too!
Sign me up -- I'd love to finish this draft.
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2011 07:10 pm (UTC)
Re: Me too!
Yay!
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[info]njnelson wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 03:29 pm (UTC)
Yay for JoNoWrimo! I'm in! Thank you for creating this community again :)
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2011 07:10 pm (UTC)
You're welcome!
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[info]anom3 wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 05:15 pm (UTC)
I'm in girlfriend! Ohhhh thank you!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2011 07:12 pm (UTC)
Hooray! And see you next weekend!
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[info]katywriter wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 09:22 pm (UTC)
I'm in!
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2011 07:12 pm (UTC)
Great!
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[info]AngelinaCHansen wrote:
Sep. 8th, 2011 11:13 pm (UTC)
I love this time of year and the encouragement we find here! Thanks for doing this, Jo.
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2011 07:13 pm (UTC)
You're welcome!
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