This section contains the most common questions about the Young Writer's Program
- How often do you do this?
- Who will read my novel when I'm done?
- Do you edit or publish the finished products?
- Does NaNoWriMo own to the rights to novels written during November?
- When can I sign up?
- When is the cut-off date for sign-ups?
- When do I start writing?
- How do you win? Are there judges? What are the prizes?
- Can I handwrite my novel?
- What if I start and don't finish?
- What if I hit my word count but I'm only halfway through my story?
- How many novels have been written through NaNoWriMo?
- Has anyone had their novel published?
- How do you define "novel?" Does fan fiction count? What if I want to write interconnected short stories rather than a novel?
- Why are you doing this? What do you get out of it?
- Is it true there's an official guidebook to NaNoWriMo?
- How do you pronounce NaNoWriMo?
- Oh. I've been saying it NAN-no WREE-Mo.