Giggle. It's no problem. ;) I luffs you in any case.
Re: the writing - no, you certainly can't use anything not written in November, but, I quote (from the site FAQ - it's also elaborated on in the book and novel kit): "bringing a half-finished manuscript into NaNoWriMo all but guarantees a miserable month. You'll care about the characters and story too much to write with the gleeful, anything-goes approach that makes NaNoWriMo such a creative rush. Give yourself the gift of a clean slate, and you'll tap into realms of imagination and intuition that are out-of-reach when working on pre-existing manuscripts.
Outlines and plot notes are very much encouraged, and can be started months ahead of the actual novel-writing adventure. Previously written prose, though, is punishable by death."
Now, there are quite wide realms of interpretation available regarding exactly what does and doesn't qualify as "notes" vs. "prose" etc... but the ideology behind it has to do with starting something completely fresh and new, without any previous baggage attached - and the original ideas I do have have quite a bit of baggage attached at this point. I'm kind of waiting for this year's holy grail to fall in my lap and it hasn't happened as of yet. In other news - I'm actually having more trouble than I would think I would figuring out what I like about the books I like to write my Magna Cartas.
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Date: 2008-10-23 11:06 pm (UTC)Re: the writing - no, you certainly can't use anything not written in November, but, I quote (from the site FAQ - it's also elaborated on in the book and novel kit):
"bringing a half-finished manuscript into NaNoWriMo all but guarantees a miserable month. You'll care about the characters and story too much to write with the gleeful, anything-goes approach that makes NaNoWriMo such a creative rush. Give yourself the gift of a clean slate, and you'll tap into realms of imagination and intuition that are out-of-reach when working on pre-existing manuscripts.
Outlines and plot notes are very much encouraged, and can be started months ahead of the actual novel-writing adventure. Previously written prose, though, is punishable by death."
Now, there are quite wide realms of interpretation available regarding exactly what does and doesn't qualify as "notes" vs. "prose" etc... but the ideology behind it has to do with starting something completely fresh and new, without any previous baggage attached - and the original ideas I do have have quite a bit of baggage attached at this point. I'm kind of waiting for this year's holy grail to fall in my lap and it hasn't happened as of yet. In other news - I'm actually having more trouble than I would think I would figuring out what I like about the books I like to write my Magna Cartas.