Hey guys and girls,

So NaNoWriMo is upon us again, and it seems my plans have to be changed. A fanfiction isn't allowed, so I'll not be writing the Pokemon fanfic afterall for this NaNo. However, if I understand the following bit

> NEW: The challenge operates on an honor-based system, and as long as you uphold the challenge's spirit, you may tailor it to your specific needs. As an example, if you find the challenge too easy for you and you wish to write 55,555 words in just 5 days, you are free to do so, but the reward will not change.

> Or, if you maintain a backlog (advance chapters not available on Royal Road) and intend to release them while concurrently building a new backlog, then that's allowed. However, you must remain true to the spirit of the challenge, meaning you must publish at least 55,555 words and write 55,555 for the same story, even if the content published and written is not the same but for future chapters.

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> The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.

I am allowed to write Irwin's. So that is what I'll be doing. I've found that NaNoWriMo also provides the option to add to an existing novel now (not sure if that is new)

https://nanowrimo.org/participants/carrarn/projects/irwin-s-journey

So, how will this go? Simple- I'll write a chapter, add it to my patron (which is 45 chapters ahead) and only then upload a chapter here. To make sure the word counts line up, I'll be keeping track of this and adding this to the post author chapter comments so everyone can keep track.

For those wondering, I have 0 backlog beyond what is on my Patreon. I usually start writing the Friday chapter at the start of the week, meaning, today. Normally I only write a thousand words more or more or less, so I'll be bumping that to as high as it can go!

- John