Navigating Word Count Waters and Setting Up a YWP Account

Set up an account:

Please register for an account on the Young Writer's Program NaNoWriMo website: https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/user/register

**Students should set up an account as soon as possible, using the following name format: JaneD5Gondo [First name+Last Initial+Period in Ms. W's class+Gondo] (ex. JaneD5Gondo)]
Please search for HWitham and join my virtual classroom.

Word Count Goals:

What are your goals for the month? Review the daily word count goals and decide on one you think is challenging, but do-able.

Tip: If you want to find out just how many words you will need to write each day to make it to your word-count goal, divide your total goal by the number of days you've set aside for writing during the month. For example, if your word-count goal is 10,000, and you can make time to write on 20 days, you will need to write 500 words each day you’ve scheduled.

Below is a chart of word count. Notice there is a 30-day goal, if you intend to write every day in November, and a 20-day goal, if you think you’ll need some days off for the rest of your life activities. Also know that if you shoot for a 20-day goal and write everyday, you will be done before Thanksgiving break!

Goal:	10,000	15,000	20,000	30,000	40,000	50,000
30-day Daily Goal:	333	500	667	1000	1333	1667
20-day Daily Goal	500	750	1000	1500	2000	You don’t want to know
90%	9,000	13,500	18,000	27,000	36,000	45,000
80%	8,000	12,000	16,000	24,000	32,000	40,000
70%	7,000	10,500	14,000	21,000	28,000	35,000
60%	6,000	9,000	12,000	18,000	24,000	30,000
50%	5,000	7,500	10,000	15,000	20,000	25,000
40%	4,000	6,000	8,000	12,000	16,000	20,000
30%	3,000	4,500	6,000	9,000	12,000	15,000
20%	2,000	3,000	4,000	6,000	8,000	10,000
10%	1,000	1,500	2,000	3,000	4,000	5,000

Now take a Noveling Progress chart and fill in your Word count goal, write in your Daily goal (or 20-day Daily) and your milestones, so you can celebrate your progress. If you need time to think about this, and adjust a few days in, that’s okay, but know that heroic endeavors require heroic goals.

Turn to your calendar and mark days we will write in class with a star (*), and days you know you may be too busy for noveling with a question mark (?)