Excerpts from the blog, OLL, with Lindsey writing and my comments in bold. Link is at http://blog.lettersandlight.org/post/2068578620/the-great-nanowrimo-stats-party
Holy pants and shirts, Wrimos! What an event. I hope you enjoy reading this statsy analysis of NaNoWriMo 2010 as much as I enjoyed compiling it.
General Stats Round Up!
For NaNoWriMo main:
200,530 participants, up 20% from 2009’s total of 167,150.
We wrote a total of 2,872,682,109 words up 18% from 2009’s collective word count of 2,427,190,537.
This averaged out to 13,960 words per person.
We had 37,479 winners, up 16% from 2009’s total of 32,173.
This gave us an 18.6% win rate!
For NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program:
45,000 participants, up 29% from 2009’s total of 35,000.
We wrote a total of 262,303,074 words up 58% from 2009’s collective word count of 166,218,038.
This averaged out to 5,578 words per person.
We had 11,000 winners, up 58% from 2009’s total of 6,941.
This gave us an 24% win rate
Our Top 50 Wordiest NaNoWriMo Regions
1 Seattle
2 Los Angeles
3 Germany
4 London
5 New York City
6 Maryland
7 Holland & Belgium
8 Twin Cities
9 Chicago
10 Dallas/Ft. Worth
11 Portland
12 Toronto
13 Boston
14 Denver
15 Atlanta
16 East Bay
17 Austin
18 Northern Virginia
19 Melbourne
20 Vancouver
21 Houston
22 Finland
23 Salt Lake City
24 San Francisco
25 Sydney
26 Elsewhere in England
27 Phoenix
28 Detroit
29 Sacramento
30 Pittsburgh
31 France
32 District of Columbia
33 St. Louis
34 South Bay
35 New Hampshire
36 Philadelphia
37 Ottawa
38 Yorkshire
39 Raleigh-Durham
40 Kansas City
41 Indianapolis
42 Birmingham-West Midlands
43 Sweden
44 Edmonton
45 Philippines
46 Northeast New Jersey
47 San Diego
48 Cleveland
49 Columbus
50 Central New Jersey
Our Top 50 Wordiest NaNoWriMo Regions by Average Words Per Person i.e., the people who spent time writing----some of them over 100,000 words!!!
1 Sri Lanka
2 Lithuania
3 Elsewhere in Asia
4 Chadron, Nebraska
5 Vero Beach, Florida
6 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
7 Fulton, Missouri
8 Quebec, Quebec
9 Isle of Skye, Scotland
10 Elsewhere in Scotland
11 Putnam County, Florida
12 Thailand
13 Dickinson, North Dakota
14 Eureka Springs, Arkansas
15 Haifa, Israel
16 Tuolumne County, California
17 Lincoln County, Oregon
18 Sudbury, Ontario
19 Darlington and Tees, England
20 Elsewhere in Alabama
21 Russellville, Arkansas
22 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
23 Brantford-Norfolk, Ontario
24 Liverpool, England
25 Clemson/Anderson, South Carolina
26 Stillwater, Oklahoma
27 Switzerland
28 Elsewhere in Quebec
29 Moscow, Idaho
30 Southern Illinois
31 Elsewhere in Nebraska
32 Oswego, New York
33 Elsewhere in South Carolina
34 Austria
35 Busan, South Korea
36 Dundee, Scotland
37 France
38 Ashland, Ohio
39 Platteville, Wisconsin
40 Las Cruces, New Mexico
41 Cambridge, England
42 Snoqualmie Valley, Washington
43 Bahamas
44 Pretoria, South Africa
45 Gloucester & Cheltenham,England
46 Hungary
47 Lewisville, North Carolina
48 Bowling Green, Kentucky
49 Portsmouth, England
50 Northern Ireland
Our site traffic was also way off the charts this year.
In November, we had 4,970,589 visits, up 23% from 2009’s 4,014,203. We had 28,469,340 pageviews, up 11% from 2009’s 25,710,491.
Top 50 NaNoWriMo Cities (according to Google Analytics, based on number of November visits from these fine places)
City/Visits
1. London 126,290
2. New York 70,368
3. Seattle 55,528
4. Los Angeles 48,950
5. Sydney 43,442
6. Melbourne 42,257
7. Portland 42,049
8. San Francisco 35,278
9. Chicago 33,625
10. Denver 33,369
11. Minneapolis 33,108
12. Brisbane 26,179
13. Austin 25,080
14. Atlanta 24,312 HEY, a Southern city!!!
15. Toronto 23,659
16. Washington 22,557
17. Salt Lake City 21,999
18. Edmonton 21,979
19. Houston 19,994
20. Calgary 19,585
21. Tucson 17,604
22. Dallas 17,549
23. St Louis 17,350
24. Helsinki 16,739
25. Vancouver 16,515
26. (not set) 16,206
27. Albuquerque 15,357
28. Columbus 15,035
29. Phoenix 14,914
30. Indianapolis 14,866
31. Colorado Springs 14,828
32. Auckland 14,697
33. Sacramento 14,688
34. Dublin 14,666
35. Singapore 14,606
36. Ottawa 14,122
37. Adelaide 13,978
38. Raleigh 13,943
39. San Jose 13,794
40. Philadelphia 13,770
41. San Diego 13,519
42. Perth 13,410
43. Manchester 13,055
44. Glasgow 12,830
45. Madison 12,341
46. Pittsburgh 11,828
47. San Antonio 11,810 ------>>Good old San Antone!
Top 50 NaNoWriMo Countries (according to Google Analytics, based on number of November visits from these fine places)
Country/Visits
1. United States 3,394,953 -----THIS WAS WHERE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME: at PROCRASTINATION STATION!!!!
How fun was that?!?
So, if this was your first time, how did it go? If you’re a returning Wrimo, how did this NaNoWriMo feel different from previous years? Did the bigger crowds make for a more exciting event? Or just bigger crowds? Did you meet any interesting characters at write-ins? Did your region move up the list of wordiness? We’d love to hear your thoughts, impressions, and highlights of NaNo 2010!
Lindsey
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Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
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So the above is supposed to be my badge of winning; for some reason I'm having trouble posting the actual badge instead of a code/script. Hmmm. Maybe I need some lessons in MAC? I thought it was click and drop technology.
Anyway, have WON NoNoWriMo 2010 with Coming Up To Dream. It is a very, very rough draft. It didn't start out as a dragon-land type fantasy, but writing that type of fantasy seemed to come more naturally than a The Shack style fantasy. (No I haven't read the Shack yet, just heard about it. It's on my shelf, it's on my list!)
Anyway, you can see my synopsis on the nano site. I hope you enjoy it. The final draft, if ever submitted for possible publication, certainly won't look much like this very rough and tumble draft! :-)
My writer's block has been well treated though. At this point I have a lot of ideas for writing both fiction, and nonfiction. I think it's going to be fun.
See you later!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Excerpts from writing prompts
So, on Nanowrimo, the point of the whole matter is to get a LOT of writing done quick. To completely vanquish the inner critic and get something on paper.
Later--you get to go through it and pan for the gold.
When I got stuck, I went to the forum "writing prompts." Essentially, I picked one that talked about eating a fruit that has an unusual effect (it could be deadly, euphoric, give special powers, etc--whatever you choose.)
I wrote this scene, and am trying to figure out the effect!
I believe it will give those who eat it prophetic dreams....but haven't decided yet.
Here is the excerpt, written -- IN TRUE NANO STYLE--in about 10 minutes:
Reaching the copse of glorious trees, Lisa flung herself down into the soft moss underneath the trees. Peri strolled after, watching her. “You seem tired.”
“I’ve never worked so hard or walked so much in all my life! Yeah, I’m not in very good shape, not like you guys.”
Peri thought of that; what kind of life had she lived, where she worked indoors all day long, and never had to walk very far, and had a “car” take her everywhere—she said it was like a wagon, but didn’t need a mule to pull it. It was powered, Lisa had said, by an en-jinn.
It must be a very soft life there, he mused.
“What is that smell?” he noted with curiosity. “It smells wonderful!”
“It does…I’m really hungry, too.”
“It’s this fruit…I’ll try it.”
“Wait!” Lisa tried to stop him from trying the fruit which hung from low-lying branches just above them.
“Why?” Peri asked, surprised at her outburst.
“Because…of course, if you don’t know what type of fruit it is, it could be poisoned! You could get sick!!”
“That’s silly,” Peri reasoned. “If it was poisonous, it would not smell good, or look so pretty.”
“On Earth,” Lisa explained, “plants and fruits sometimes look and smell good but are poisonous.”
“Why??” he asked incredulously.
“I…I don’t really know,” she admitted.
“Well, on Lucenia, that does not happen. Food that smells good is good.” With that he picked a piece of the fruit. The fruit was shaped kind of like a heart, reddish golden, with pretty, bright orange lines criscrossing it in filigree patterns, making it look lacey. Then he rubbed it on his sleeve and took a big, mouthwatering bite. The juice started slurping just a little out the corner of his mouth.
The sound of it made Lisa’s mouth water!
“See!?” Peri asked with a smile. “I’m fine, I told you there was nothing to worry about.”
“OK.” Lisa accepted the fruit Peri offered. “I’ll try some.”
Later--you get to go through it and pan for the gold.
When I got stuck, I went to the forum "writing prompts." Essentially, I picked one that talked about eating a fruit that has an unusual effect (it could be deadly, euphoric, give special powers, etc--whatever you choose.)
I wrote this scene, and am trying to figure out the effect!
I believe it will give those who eat it prophetic dreams....but haven't decided yet.
Here is the excerpt, written -- IN TRUE NANO STYLE--in about 10 minutes:
Reaching the copse of glorious trees, Lisa flung herself down into the soft moss underneath the trees. Peri strolled after, watching her. “You seem tired.”
“I’ve never worked so hard or walked so much in all my life! Yeah, I’m not in very good shape, not like you guys.”
Peri thought of that; what kind of life had she lived, where she worked indoors all day long, and never had to walk very far, and had a “car” take her everywhere—she said it was like a wagon, but didn’t need a mule to pull it. It was powered, Lisa had said, by an en-jinn.
It must be a very soft life there, he mused.
“What is that smell?” he noted with curiosity. “It smells wonderful!”
“It does…I’m really hungry, too.”
“It’s this fruit…I’ll try it.”
“Wait!” Lisa tried to stop him from trying the fruit which hung from low-lying branches just above them.
“Why?” Peri asked, surprised at her outburst.
“Because…of course, if you don’t know what type of fruit it is, it could be poisoned! You could get sick!!”
“That’s silly,” Peri reasoned. “If it was poisonous, it would not smell good, or look so pretty.”
“On Earth,” Lisa explained, “plants and fruits sometimes look and smell good but are poisonous.”
“Why??” he asked incredulously.
“I…I don’t really know,” she admitted.
“Well, on Lucenia, that does not happen. Food that smells good is good.” With that he picked a piece of the fruit. The fruit was shaped kind of like a heart, reddish golden, with pretty, bright orange lines criscrossing it in filigree patterns, making it look lacey. Then he rubbed it on his sleeve and took a big, mouthwatering bite. The juice started slurping just a little out the corner of his mouth.
The sound of it made Lisa’s mouth water!
“See!?” Peri asked with a smile. “I’m fine, I told you there was nothing to worry about.”
“OK.” Lisa accepted the fruit Peri offered. “I’ll try some.”
Need more power Scotty!
The engines have definitely slowed down the last few days--I'm still in the green, but now slated to finish around 27 Nov. I need to get to writing this morning, so of course I took this opportunity to write in my blog instead!
Going to church this morning and plan to ask for lots of guidance and inspiration in my writing. The nanowrimo novel I'm writing is not going to be the most brilliant piece ever written, but with any luck (or heavenly intervention, to be precise!) there will be some gems in there to mine in the end.
Yesterday I went to Sam's and stocked up on all kinds of staples: rice, sugar, canned goods, toilet paper. Just in case inflation really does go sky high as predicted. ??
At least we've got a steady paycheck: some people don't even have that. So I have to be grateful.
OK so I'll post my widget--that's obviously the main purpose of this rambling post: show off my word count!!
Bye for now.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/widget/LiveParticipant/663431.pnghttp://www.nanowrimo.org/widget/LiveSupporter/663431.png
http://www.nanowrimo.org/widget/MyMonth/663431.png
Going to church this morning and plan to ask for lots of guidance and inspiration in my writing. The nanowrimo novel I'm writing is not going to be the most brilliant piece ever written, but with any luck (or heavenly intervention, to be precise!) there will be some gems in there to mine in the end.
Yesterday I went to Sam's and stocked up on all kinds of staples: rice, sugar, canned goods, toilet paper. Just in case inflation really does go sky high as predicted. ??
At least we've got a steady paycheck: some people don't even have that. So I have to be grateful.
OK so I'll post my widget--that's obviously the main purpose of this rambling post: show off my word count!!
Bye for now.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/widget/LiveParticipant/663431.pnghttp://www.nanowrimo.org/widget/LiveSupporter/663431.png
http://www.nanowrimo.org/widget/MyMonth/663431.png
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Book Fair
David's book fair is today, will try to post a picture. It was about the "Dragon of the Red Dawn" by Mary Pope Osborne. He did a lot of the work himself, but I have to honestly say that Todd and I did about 40% each. He made a beautiful diorama of the mountain top near Edo (old Tokyo), with a dragon and Jack and Annie figures riding its back.
I helped David type the information on the book, found pictures from the Internet, and helped him put them on the posterboard.
I think it's a little busy, now that it's done, but it's very cute.
It includes some poetry, including Basho's haiku Old Pond:
The best-known Japanese haiku is Bashō's "old pond":
古池や 蛙飛込む 水の音
furuike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto
"An Old Pond
A frog jumps in
The sound of water."
So two days ago David tried his hand at writing a poem:
Flowers
The flowers bloom in the day,
but corals
Are active at night
A poem by David Hinote
What can I say?? The kid is simply brilliant!
...
Nano progress:
I had a snafu earlier today, working in Scrivener. I went to delete the title of a scene, to change it I think (can't remember, was so flustered)--and I deleted the ENTIRE scene!
A happy accident maybe. I just finished rewriting that scene and I think it's better now.
Happy writing everyone!
I helped David type the information on the book, found pictures from the Internet, and helped him put them on the posterboard.
I think it's a little busy, now that it's done, but it's very cute.
It includes some poetry, including Basho's haiku Old Pond:
The best-known Japanese haiku is Bashō's "old pond":
古池や 蛙飛込む 水の音
furuike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto
"An Old Pond
A frog jumps in
The sound of water."
So two days ago David tried his hand at writing a poem:
Flowers
The flowers bloom in the day,
but corals
Are active at night
A poem by David Hinote
What can I say?? The kid is simply brilliant!
...
Nano progress:
I had a snafu earlier today, working in Scrivener. I went to delete the title of a scene, to change it I think (can't remember, was so flustered)--and I deleted the ENTIRE scene!
A happy accident maybe. I just finished rewriting that scene and I think it's better now.
Happy writing everyone!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
NaNoWriMo
Now we're rolling! I'm going to add my Word Count Total in my next post!
So what is my nano novel about? Well, it was supposed to be a novel about a 30 yo woman who has a brush with death, goes back to her life with a "mission" from angelic beings that she met while unconscious at the hospital.
But then it had sort a Tightrope Walker feel with a supernatural type of twist...but I really wanted to write a CS Lewis-type fantasy. So I added in some dream sequences of an alternate reality...
The next thing I knew the alternate reality was just as much fun, if not more, to write about, and will help explain Part Two of the novel! Weird how it just took off like that.
So, I have to say it's a Christian fantasy-style book, but with little "insights" and treasures, that will be appealing, not at all preachy.
I'll have two or three "send-ups" to--I already have a tribute (like a cameo appearance) to a character from Narnia...I need another from Star Trek, natch, but hopefully it will be very, very subtle....and from M*A*S*H.
She is in the hospital of course. So something funny has to happen...
If all this sounds confusing, JUST REMEMBER: It IS!
The whole point of nanowri mo is to get past WRITER"S BLOCK, which I have suffered from...forever...since my 3rd grade English teacher became my inner critic. She said "you have to know how the story ends right from the beginning" and that was when my story of a girl discovering a treasure box ended...Coz of course at that point I didn't know how it would end!!!
Anyway, enough procrastinating...time to take a quick break, roll up my sleeves and do a 30 min sprint!
Oh, which means I need to study today too. Back to work tomorrow. *sigh*
OOPS, will post my widget too! Wow that was easy!
Later!!
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