Young Writers Society

Spearmint wrote:The 2024 PlanMo challenges have been posted!! This year, we'll be having some special Spooktober challenges as well, which will be posted on October 11.

Check out the fancy badges too~


Pantser - awarded for completing 1-4 PlanMo challenges


Plantser - awarded for completing 5-9 PlanMo challenges


Planner - awarded for completing 10+ PlanMo challenges


PlanMo Spooktober - awarded for completing 1+ spooky PlanMo challenge

Note that spooky challenges count for the first three badges as well, and that they'll be posted on 10/11/24. Happy PlanMoing!! :3

Spearmint wrote:

Renaming NaNo to NovMo

Hello! You may have noticed that your friendly neighborhood Gen Lit mods have been using Novel Month (or "NovMo") instead of National Novel Writing Month (or "NaNo") in all our official announcements. Here's the reasoning behind that change:

• Using NovMo separates YWS from the trademarked NaNoWriMo and the NaNoWriMo site's stances. The "official" NaNo website has been rather controversial lately. We'd like to distance YWS from that and emphasize that we're a safe place for young writers to share their writing.
• NaNoWriMo stands for "National Novel Writing Month", and YWS is really an international site, so Novel Month is both more accurate and more inclusive.

What does that mean for you? Well, we're not going to force anyone to call it NovMo, of course! =P NovMo is simply the language we're going to officially use for our November novel-writing event.

Feel free to reach out with any further questions, and happy NovMoing! ^-^

Carlito wrote:psttttttt calling all novelists!!

It's October, which means it's time to get excited about writing 50,000 words in one month again!!!

NaNoWriMo (NaNo) is now called Novel Month (NovMo)
info thread explaining why coming soon

The "pure" version of NovMo is to start writing a brand new book on November 1st and write 50,000 words of said book in November. Come write a novel in a month with us!! I promise it's fun!!

BUT:
*If 1667 words a day doesn't work for you - come up with a different goal!
*If you want to write short stories, a screenplay, or something other than a novel - fine!
*If you have a bunch of ideas and you want to bounce around - do your thing!

AND:
*It doesn't have to be good.
*You don't have to share it with anyone if you don't want to.

GET BRAINSTORMING!
START PLANNING!
BUILD YOUR PLAYLISTS!
CREATE YOUR AESTHETIC BOARDS!
& TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT!

I'm working on something brand new for a change and I can't wait to cheer you on! <3

looseleaf wrote:

The beloved Great Team Tortoise Race is back this June! All you have to do is write one review a day until the end of the month. Do you think you have what it takes to be this year's champion? Click the image to find out!