RE: Writers: Should You Start NaNoWriMo tomorrow? Here's what you should know first.
Yes, it is based on the honor system. You just update your word count each day. You don't actually post your story publicly; it's just a community based event for writers to encourage each other. If you want to really get something out of it, then you do the work and don't cheat yourself -- otherwise, it's no fun. At the end, you get a certificate for "winning," and you can totally write more than 50,000 words. At the end, you copy and paste all of your text into their editor window to validate the word count, but they delete it immediately after counting, so it's up to you to save the copies. Read about the rules and FAQs here.
And yeah, I found out that sometimes when it looks like your posts or comments aren't submitting in Steemit, they actually are in the background -- so always go check your blog in another tab to see if it went through before clicking "submit" again. 😉
Thanks, that was helpful. I won't be taking part as I already write an average of 4000 words or more per day - when it flows; some days, maybe 1,000. All my pre-steemit stories are a minimum of 150,000 and upwards. My problem is not the writing per se, but that I suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome and when I try to write 8 to 14 pages a day (my Word page is extended to 70 lines with abt 125 chrs per line), I end up with hands frozen like claws. Luckily someone on the web gave good advice (certain exercises) so I can enjoy myself without having to pay for it every day.
Dictation software is a must sometimes to save your wrists.