Did Anyone Join NaNoWriMo?
Does anyone know anything about this. If so, when you sign up, do other people read your novel entries?
- Fergi M
Tags: Novel
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September 24th, 2009 at 4:12 am
They can if you want them to, but a lot of writers are paranoid about people stealing their ideas, so there’s an option to still submit it, just in a coded-form.
I’m assuming this is your concern? (That’s not an insult, I’m the same..)
When you submit it to the NaNo website, do this if you’re using word:
1. Open the file and make a new copy of your novel using ‘Save As…’
2. Open the Find and Replace dialog box (Edit -> Replace).
3. Click the “More” button to expand the box.
4. Check the “Use Wildcards” checkbox.
5. In the “Find What” field, put this: [a-zA-Z0-9] (include the square brackets, no spaces before or after)
6. In the “Replace With” field, put this: a
7. Click “Replace All”
8. Save the scrambled file as a text file, and upload
Hope this helps!