Nanowrimo

[oanja]

Oh no, the new nano site isn't making that cool graph off your progress anymore! Now it's just a bar that will fill up. This is not what I wanted, I liked being able to mouse over all the pillars and seeing how many words I did each day. Boo~ for this change. Also the site has always been clunky and weird but it feels even less functional now, it is a bit prettier though.

But I did manage 3029 words today, which is great because I need to make a buffer at the start in case I have slow days or maybe even days when I can't write at all

Also ouch my fingers and wrist hurt now, too much typing for one day when I haven't been writing much at all in ages.

Comments

[sewn]

Good luck with NaNo! I've only tried to do it once years ago, and I didn't make the wordcount /o\ But it was a fun experience. What's your story about, if you want to share?

[oanja]

I've tried it 4 times I think and only won it once, so here's hoping this will be a second time. :D It can be fun as long as it doesn't become another thing to stress about. I think it's nice that now there is a way to set your own word count goal, so it doesn't have to be 50k. That way people can join the community aspect without going over their limit. I'm still trying to do the 50k but if I can't make it maybe I'll try at a lower level next year.

I'm writing a court intrigue sort of fantasy where a princess has to fight to become the new emperor. It's sort of inspired by Japanese history, but I dunno yet how hard I want to lean into the setting there.

[sewn]

Oh, the idea that you can set your own limit sounds good. 50k is quite a lot... but I imagine some people who write a lot anyway can set the bar higher.

That sounds like a fun premise!

[acequeenking]

I think the old chart is under My Nanowrimo->Stats?

The new layout is confusing and scary. I wish I'd bothered to look at it before today.

[oanja]

Yay, thank you! I'm really glad it's still there. But yeah like you said the new layout is confusing, not user friendly at all. I also don't get why the community forums seem to be on an external site and why it's so hard to navigate between the two. Yuck, do not like