Greetings and Salutations.

On the 1st of November, people all around the world take part in National Novel Writing Month – an annual contest/competition/endeavour to write a 50,000+ word story/novel/tale during the month of November.

There are no real rules to this, and despite the term “contest/competition” there is not really a prize at the end, other than you get the satisfaction of having completed your goal. Or (as is sometimes the case) the annoyance of having not completed your goal but made some progress towards it.

I am somewhat of a veteran of this, having first taken part in 2006, and written a tale every year since then except for last year. And the one thing I have learned is that – like most things in life – it is far more fun when doing it with other people than doing it alone.

Not writing together, but writing with friends. Sharing excerpts, ideas, suggestions. If you get stuck you can ask for help, if you are suffering from writers block you can have a rant or just spend five minutes reading something else or talking to other people.

So I thought a community might be fun. Or helpful. Or at the very least slightly distracting.

Basic rules :-

Be polite. If you don’t like someone’s idea be constructive, not rude.

Keep your comments safe for work. If you are writing NSFW stories, then try to write about them in SFW ways, or (if that isn’t possible) tag them as NSFW.

Aside from that, just have fun.