Ahoy! Welcome to the ninth annual National Novel Writing Month and the fourth year of National Novel Writing Month's Young Writers Program. In a few minutes, you'll be a profile-toting Wrimo and officially registered for the event this November. But before the fun begins, we need to go over a few things.
Our forums (message boards) are a vibrant marketplace of writing ideas, as well as a festive place to get and give encouragement.
As the one place where Wrimos from all over the world can gather to chat, cajole, and procrastinate, the forums are designed to keep spirits (and word counts) soaring. Even if it feels a little scary at first, we ask you to dive right in.
That said, there are certain kinds of posts we do not allow on the forums. Anyone posting abusive, pornographic, hateful, or threatening material (or any other stuff that may violate any applicable laws), will have their NaNoWriMo account deleted and will be banned from the site. No foul language is allowed on the Young Writers Program forums, and anyone using inappropriate language will have their posts deleted from the forums, and be banned from our site.
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We regret we will not be able to send Classroom Kits to homeschoolers this year. We welcome your participation on the YWP site and hope you will take advantage of our free online resources.