This section contains the most common questions about National Novel Writing Month
- How and when can I sign up? Is there an entry fee?
- How do I update my word count?
- How do you win NaNoWriMo and what are the prizes?
- Is there a minimum age to participate?
- When and how do I start writing? Do I have to write my novel on your site?
- Can I participate if I'm not American? Are non-English novels okay?
- What happens to all the novels written for NaNoWriMo? Has anyone been published?
- Why are you doing this? What do you get out of it?
- Can I share writing duties with a partner?
- Can I write one word 50,000 times?
- Why 50,000 words? And how do you define "novel"?
- Do I have to start my novel from scratch on November 1? Can I use an outline?
- If I'm just writing 50,000 words of crap, why bother? Why not just write a real novel later, when I have more time?
- What is NaNoMail?
- What if I start and don't finish? Or hit 50,000 words but I'm only halfway through my novel?
- Can I keep writing and adding to my word count even after I've had the novel validated and collected my winner goodies?
- What if there's a discrepancy between what my word count said and what yours comes up with?
- Can I use my account on the main site on the Young Writers Program site?
- If I have signed up already on the main site, do I automatically have an account on the YWP site or vice versa?
- I have an account from last year. Do I need to re-register?
- Can I change my username?
- Can I delete my old username/account?
- I lost my password and/or username.
- I lost my username and/or password and I no longer have access to the email address that I signed up with.
- Can I change the email address associated with my account once I am logged in?
- How do I verify if I'm writing by hand?
- How long can my profile items be? My town name is long and I have a lot to list in my biography.
- Where is the post I made in the forums?
- Why are topics with more than 500 posts locked?
- How do I post, edit, or delete a novel excerpt, synopsis, or book cover?
- How do I upload a picture?
- How do I delete my NaNoWriMo profile?
- How can I meet and write with Wrimos in my area?
- What do I do if I see something bad in the forums?
- What should I do with my cookies?
- What should I do with my firewall settings?
- What happened to the "Authors Search" function?
- Which browsers does NaNoWriMo support? What should I do if I notice a browser bug?
- Are you a non-profit? Is my donation tax-deductible? Do you do corporate matching gifts?
- Can I get sponsors to donate on my behalf?
- How and when do I get a shiny halo next to my name on the forums?
- Can I donate by check?
- Can I donate to NaNoWriMo in a foreign currency?
- Is NaNoWriMo volunteer-run? Can I help out?
- Do you ship internationally? How much will it cost?
- I would like to form a strategic alliance with NaNoWriMo to promote my software/website/product. Who can I talk to about this?
- Municipal Liaisoning sounds pretty cool. Can I be the ML for my area?
- Can I scramble my novel before submitting it to your untrustworthy word-counting goons?
- I'd like to write an article on NaNoWriMo. Can I interview some of the participants in my area?