MrWilli: 400 words. eh Lazy.
C'mawn! You only have to do less than 2,000 words a day to get it done by the end!'
Gibush: Can you do that? The whole time I've been writing I've been purposely not mentioning real life things. Like, is it OK to put Bram Stoker in my novel?
I'm mainly concerned because even thought it's gonna suck hard, I want to buy that proof paperback or whatever that they offer later, and perhaps they have to review it and look for copyrighted situations or something. I know nothing however, so maybe someone could inform me. A quick google seems to say that as long as you keep things factual and don't write badly about a real person, etc, you should be fine.
hedwards: If you just want the proof, you definitely can, however if you want to distribute the copies, then you have to start worrying about copyrights.
Personally, I think that just writing something, especially something that can't be published helps a lot with the writer's block. Most of the time if you lower your standards enough you can find something to type that will continue the story.
Yeah. I'm trying to find ways to keep the story from ending, especially since there isn't much of a story to begin with. So I've started throwing in many many side stories and nearly unrelated character flashbacks. Muahaha! It would be annoying for someone to read, but it's a bit fun to write.
Anyway, to do with the copyright - according to NaNoWriMo forums, the CreateSpace (publisher) offer won't be confirmed until the 25th (I think), but people are saying that you might not be able to get the free proof anymore, you might have to pay for it to be made and shipped (people are mad y'all), but also that if you do that, then you can also get 5 free copies, not of the proof, but of the "finished product". However, and I'm still very confused about this, you might be handing over some rights if you agree to get the 5-for-1 deal. Which isn't even confirmed. So don't trust me.