When is the cut off date for novel validation?
I’m a little technophobic. Can you give me step-by-step instructions for validating my novel and becoming a NaNoWriMo winner? You bet! 0. Make sure it is on or after November 25th. You can’t validate your novel until November 25th! 1. Write a 50,000-word novel. Because our word count may differ from your word processing program’s word count, we recommend you write a few hundred words over 50,000, just in case. 2. Save your novel as a text-only (.txt) file. We need you to do this because the special formatting hidden inside Microsoft Word (and other word processing programs) makes it impossible to get an accurate word count. Go to “Save As” on your word processor’s menu and look for a “Save As Type” box, where you can select an option such as ‘Text only’ or ‘Plain text’ or ‘Text only with line breaks.’ Any of those are fine. 3. Sign into the NaNoWriMo.org site, and click on the My NaNoWriMo link in the top navigation bar. Look for the My Novel link on the left of the screen and click on
