Hardcore NaNoMo people!

[clickerish]

I guess I should have expected it, living in a university town, but I went to the first official meeting before kicking off the month. These people are serious!

One guy has entire periods blocked off in his calendar to write at various locations and was signing up people to be his writing buddies in those periods.

Another girl had prepared a tip sheet that she was passing out to everyone who wanted one about how to explain your preoccupation this month to others.

There were gift bags! There were snacks sponsored by a local cafe! A few people had t-shirts that said "she's my writing buddy" with an arrow.

I'm equal parts in awe and terrified by their intensity.

[smock]

That's part awesome, part crazy! I'm not going to any events locally because I'm intimidated by that sort of thing.

I've noticed that some cities get pretty nuts in the competition for highest word count.

[lemondrop]

I'm going to attempt at least one write in, but I'm not sure if it will work for me.

[roselis]

Oh yea, it's a serious thing. Writing is everything. I can understand it.

[loveday]

There are a bunch of write in's in my area. They are students though and the oldest is maybe 24, and I feel like an old goat compared to them.

[Deleted]

That's pretty awesome.

I'm excited to go to write ins. They are like 2 transit stops from my house which is awesome. I hope there's gift bags. Or at least food.

[pixy0stix]

There are write-ins every night for my area. I'm a bit askeered of these people.