It's day one of a new round, and things are seeming a little quiet. But that's OK. The day's not over yet.
I wanted to encourage people to make a post to introduce themselves, maybe say why you thought this crazy thing was a good idea, or what you intend to get out of it. This is a community of people with the same desires - to write a novel in 90 days, and we should support and encourage each other.
And mock, of course, when necessary.
Anyway, I'll start.
I'm chichirinoda, also known as Cnd, and some other names in real life XD
I came off of a 5-year stint of total writer's block last November, when I attempted NaNoWriMo for the fourth time and instead of failing miserably as I had the previous three times, I succeeded spectacularly. I attribute this entirely to the fact that I suddenly remembered that writing was fun and not work, and I encourage you to try implementing this startling idea into your own writing.
Anyway, after NaNo, I entered what's popularly known by me as the "Post NaNoWriMo Slump" and barely wrote anything in December. After which, I discovered this community, over on Livejournal.
I started writing again in January, and haven't looked back. For the most part, with occasional intrusions of real life and insanity, I have written at least 750 words of something (not always the same project) every day since then. Dang.
So when I moved from Livejournal to our new haven over here, I knew that I needed this to keep me going. I started this community, and I hope to have as much fun here as I did over on Livejournal.
I'm not working on any one project at this point. I'm working on a second draft of the novel I started last November, as well as a long fanfic and a sundry of smaller fics. I know that the stated purpose of the community is to write a single novel, but I figure that you get out of it what you put into it, and different people have different needs. If it's easy for you to write dozens of things, but not write something long, then use this as an opportunity to write something long. If you have 80 bazillion projects on the go, then use this as a jumpstart to finish some things.
For me, all I really need for now is to just keep the butt in the chair, so that's what I do. I'll be working on Just One Thing this coming November.