NaNoWriMo forums

The NaNoWriMo forums are the primary online hub of activity for Wrimos to communicate with each other. They are by far the largest facet of the site and consume the most site resources. Many Wrimos solely attend to the forums (often when in-person meetings are not available) and some former Wrimos may continue to frequent the forums even if they are not doing Nano. The site's largest surge is during November, but it still sees significant activity during the off-season.

The forums serve many purposes: to let Wrimos gather and talk to each other about writing, to discuss their novels and the noveling experience, to find Wrimos in their area via regional lounges, and to procrastinate on reaching 50,000 words. Many Wrimos may form new friendships with people in threads they frequent, and some forums, such as the games and roleplaying forums are practically a culture unto themselves.

The forums have been around since 2002 and originally ran on PhpBB. The tech team used Xoops and later Drupal for the forum software. As of 2011, the site and forums now operate on Ruby on Rails.

Currently Active Forums and their Catergories

• Official Stuff
  • Want to swap trading cards?
  • 30 Covers, 30 Days
  • Special Offers from NaNo Sponsors
  • NaNoVideo
• NaNo Tips and Strategies
  • Reference Desk (formerly "Character and Plot Realism")
  • Plot Doctoring
  • Reaching 50,000
  • Adoption Society
  • Appellation Station
  • Character Cafe
• Life During NaNo
  • All-Ages Coffee House
  • NaNoWriMo Ate My Soul (formerly "I Hate Myself and Want to Die")
  • This is Going Better Than I'd Hoped (formerly "This is Working Far Better Than I Had Hoped" and "This is Going Better Than I Expected")
  • Word Wars, Prompts, & Sprints
  • Shoutouts
  • Dangerous Writers: Night of Writing Dangerously
• Mechanics, Logistics, and Other Technical Stuff
  • Rules, Regulations, and Other Minutiae
  • Site and Message Board Feedback and Suggestions
  • Tech Help & Site Bug Reports
• Resources and Writing Support
  • Helpful Orgs and Sites
  • NaNo Soundtracks
  • NaNo Technology
  • The Polling Booth
  • Writing 101
• Genre Lounges
• NaNo Groups
  • Newbies!
  • NaNo University for students and instructors
  • Come Write In
  • Age Group: Teens
  • Age Group: 20s
  • Age Group: 30s & 40s
  • Age Group: 50+
  • Military Lounge
  • Fans and Critics
  • Writing Groups and Clubs
  • Virtual Worlds
• Outside the Box
  • NaNo Artisans
  • NaNo Rebels
  • Off Topic
  • Script Frenzy
  • Marketing, Self-promotion, and Stuff for Sale
  • Games, Diversions, and Other Exciting Forms of Procrastination (formerly "How to Procrastinate Effectively")
  • Role Playing and Communal Story Building
• Regional Lounges

After December the following forums (under the catergory December and Beyond) become active:

• Critiques, Feedback, and Novel Swaps
• Novel Draft Aftercare
• The Year of Doing Big, Fun, Scary Things Together
• Life After NaNoWriMo

There are also separate forums for Camp NaNoWriMo that appear during camp season. In 2011 the forum was simply named Camp NaNoWriMo and appeared in the December and Beyond section; however, in 2012 the following forums became active:

• Campfire Circle
• Camp Tech Help

Former NaNoWriMo forums

• The Great NaNoWriMo Book Drive in 2010 - the book drive did not return for 2011
• NaNo Missed Connections
• Inspirational Quotes
• Important Things We Need to Tell You
  • (Late) Breaking News, a similar forum
  • Annoucements from Headquarters, a similar forum used in the off-season before 2011
• NaNoWriMo Alumni Lounge (for returning Wrimos)
• Teaching NaNoWriMo (revived as NaNo University)
• Me And My Genre (replaced by separate Genre Lounges)
• What I'm Going To Do With My 2002 Novel
• NaNo Veterans (Military)

External Links

NaNoWriMo forums