Melbourne November Novelling Now

Interested in the MelbNoNoNo community Discord server? Request an invite in the DMs, we got you covered! Or head over to the FB Group and contact us there.

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More details posted closer to the date, but what matters now is gearing up for that big starter pistol of storytelling.

Pub starts next week, at the Oxford.

May the words be ever in your favour!
-Doc
Meg
and the Crew of the SS Gentle Cutlass*

(*Chief, Fires, Scribs and Chaos)

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We have a shared word-tracker via our server (and a word-wars bot. with RAPTORS); but if you’re not the Discord type, try https://t.co/WMQAI1WcSX.

If enough people are interested, we can set up a group leaderboard there for funsies. Or just track on your own time, up to you.

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If there’s anything we’ve missed or that you’d be particularly interested in, please let us know.

We have been sailing some rough seas for a while, but we are bound and determined to bring the fun and fabulousness for which our amazing region is known.

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Plus, if you'd like to organise write-ins at a cafe or your local library, we encourage that and would be happy to promote it; as well as any online accountability sessions or groups you want to share with the community.

What about tracking words, you ask?

We got you covered.

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We are kicking on in 2024, having changed the name on our socials. We plan to run the same key events we ran last year, in-person and online.

(our online events run on our Discord Server, the SS Gentle Cutlass. Feel free to request an invite if you'd like to join our bold crew.)

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Events:
- Cup Day Online Write-In (5/11)
- The Great Train Write-in (online and in-person; destination TBD) (16/11 and 17/11)
- Night of Manuscripting Madly (all-night write-in) (23-24/11)
- Wednesday Night Social Drinkies 6:30pm
- Wednesday Night Social Voice Chat (time TBD)

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Ahoy there, Melbourne Writing Fam!

November cometh! There are words to be written! Tales to be told! In the wake of HQ's determined downward spiral, we set sail as independent free traders, now known as Melbourne November Novelling Now...

ahem.

MelbNoNoNo.

(you're welcome)

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Feeling social, MelbNano? Need some Final Countdown Company? Can't make it to the CBD? Try the online pub Zoom!

Raise a glass before the webcam with your gracious host and favourite region traitor Etlu, the ML in the North!

(link posted in forum, gCal, and Discord)

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Sure, we have in-person pub night, and Zoom pub night - but if you're under 18, "meh" about booze, and/or prefer voice chat anyway? Try the all-ages voice chat session - check your mic, turn up to the social-VC channel on the Discord from 7PM, and see who comes by!

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It's MelbNano's Wednesday Social Night!

If you feel like the pointy end of November deserves a stiff drink with like-minded folks, head to the Oxford Scholar from 5:30PM. Your host Nat will be minding the reserved Nanowrimo booth. 18+ only.

(virtual options posted separately)

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I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper. – Steve Martin

Today's word count goal is 50,000!

We made it! Whether you've written one word, or 50,000 or beyond, you've done an amazing job

#nanowrimo #melbnano

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Are you a young writer (under 25) and wish to spend a final day of writing in company?

Head on over to The Helm and drop in for one last push! Open until 5pm tonight!

https://t.co/8ppOTweIyw

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Come Write-In at St Albans Library in Melbourne's West!

The last of the West! Head on over today between 5.30-7.30pm and smash out some good words!

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Chain that muse to your desk and get the job done. — Barbara Kingsolver

Today's word count is 48,333

Second last day of #nanowrimo!! How're you doing?

#melbnano

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Are you one of our younger MelbNanoers? Do you know someone who is? Whitehorse Manningham Libraries are running weekly Zooms all November on Tuesdays to encourage budding young writers to get a running start!

They book out, but check here: https://t.co/SFH4UndTU9

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Come Write-In at Sydenham Library in Melbourne's West!

Mondays during November 2022, 5.30-7.30pm (snacks provided!!)

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Virtual Mondays are back for 2022! Drop in to Writing-VC channel on the Discord from 7:30PM to find your fellow wrimos wrestling with their keyboards.

It’s time to join them in the fight!

Your host will be either Meg, the ML in the South, or Etlu, the ML in the North.

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So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say- Virginia Woolf

Today's word count goal is 46,667

#nanowrimo #melbnano

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Writers breathe in books, mix them up with whatever else we’ve got going on in there, then breathe out. - Kristen Cashore

Today's word count goal is 45,000

#nanowrimo #melbnano

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Tonight is our Night of Manuscripting Madly!

Join us on our Discord (and Zoom!) from 6pm tonight for our overnight write-in of pancake and sugar fueled shenanigans! More details on the MelbNaNo region portal here: https://t.co/otlgcdhVD9