SimNaNo 2022: General Rules

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SimNaNo 2022: General Rules

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Welcome back, and for those of you who are new here: welcome! This is the event many of us wait all year for. Unfortunately, due to a very rough year, I'm late to getting these threads set up. I apologize for the delay. This year has been very hard on my family and I. I'm still happy to be here and after spending some time figuring out the forum, I'm ready to get us rolling into another great SimNaNo!

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What is SimNaNo, you ask? Well, it's a writing month, akin to NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). A lot of our forum members are avid writers in one way or another: stories, challenges, or just updates on our Sims - so we thought, why not have a way to challenge ourselves in the way that the writers of NaNoWriMo do? Thus SimNaNoWriMo was born (shortened later to SimNaNo or SimNo). The goal is to spend an entire month devoted to one story, challenge, or family of yours and play them as much as possible to get out as many updates as you can! We set goals, we play some games, we earn medals - it's all in great fun! Anyone can participate, you don't need to be a writer or have any experience whatsoever with it. We have several different ways you can join us!


SimNaNo 2022 will be taking place from July 1st through July 31st!

SimNaNo: Picking Your Personal Goal(s)
When you sign up for SimNaNo 2022, you'll be signing up with your story and your personal goals for the month of July. These goals are often one or a mixture of: total word count, # of updates you put out, or total picture count. :plumbob: New this year: Streamers/Videographers welcome! Include your streaming/video goals too! :plumbob:
So, here are some Guidelines for Personal Goals:
  • Ideally, you should pick a goal that challenges you, so if you do end up picking 1000 words and you normally write 5000+ a month... that's not really challenging. Despite this, it's also important to feel good and comfortable with your goal, so I leave it in your hands to decide what challenges or suits you.
  • If you reach your personal goal early, you can set a new personal goal or increase the limit of your first one! When you wish to change your personal goal, please make a new post in the Sign-Up thread so that I can see it, or PM me, Livvielove, so I’m alerted to make the change on your banner.
  • If you'd like to set multiple goals for several stories, this is allowed too; however, please pick one story as your "main focus” that I’ll keep on the banner.
  • When setting a goal, I strongly encourage you to do one of each (a word, picture, and update goal), however it is not required.

Here are some goal examples I’ve used in previous years to show how to set a goal:
Hi, I have my Ghibli Legacy, which averages about 1,500 words and 100 pictures per update. I feel I can easily do 5 updates in a month, so let me challenge myself and say 7 updates, which would total 10,500 words and 700 pictures.

I'd like to sign up with Where the Willow Walks, which I can usually do about 5000 words and 120 pictures per chapter. I've done 3-4 chapters in a month and I kind of push my limits, so I'm happy settling on between 3 and 4 for this! Let's do 17,000 words and 350 pictures!

Hello, I'm starting a new story and HERE is the link where it'll be. As I'm starting new, I'd like to challenge myself to write 10,000 words this month and 175 pictures. I have no trouble writing, but I want to challenge myself on my images specifically, so my goal will be emphasizing that!

I'm starting a new challenge for this, and HERE'S the link! I tend to not be very verbose in my challenges, so I'd like to just do a picture goal. Let's say 1,000 pictures! I can easily do 100 pictures an update, and I'd love to do 10 updates this month! Let's do this!

I've got a story I'd like to do this with, but I don’t have a link for it right now! When I finally get a link I’ll update this post! I don't really like taking pictures that much, as my game can be slow and sometimes it doesn't show what I want, but I want to challenge me to write more! I'm setting my goal to be 25,000 words! I'd love to do half a NaNoWriMo normally! I'm up for the challenge!


As you can see, there's a lot of variety and the sky is the limit. If you want to aim for NaNo Goals or more (50,000 words and above) GO for it! If you want to aim for just improving your personal best... do it! If you're just getting started and would like to get out at least a single update, we're here to help you! Everyone has their own pace and it's all about embracing yours!


SimNaNo: How to Sign Up
  • Navigate your way to the Sign-Up thread.
  • Post a reply in that thread with your Story Name, BOOLPROP link to the story, and your personal goal. I'd also like to encourage those who sign up to share a little bit on why they picked the goal they did, but again, it's not required.
  • If your story isn't created yet or your challenge doesn't have a link, you can put a placeholder there (by creating a thread for it) or you can provide the link to me at a later date. So long as I have the Story Name and Goal it should be fine.
  • If you have a name you'd rather have on your banner/count than your forum name, please provide that!
  • In the case that you're not feeling comfortable sharing your goal, but you'd like to participate, please feel free to PM Me (Livvielove) with your goal so I can make you your own personalized banner, but I will not put it up with the others in the Sign-Up/Update threads! It will just be between us!
  • Feel free to plan, prep, and schedule in advance if you like! Sometimes we get busy during months we wish we weren't. So long as your goal challenges you and you feel good about it that's a win in my book!
  • Wait for July 1st and start posting in the Update Thread!

SimNaNo: Completion
At the end of the month, you'll receive:
> A banner for your efforts!
> Your Personal Goal Medal (if your personal goal has been achieved).
> Either a SimNaNo 2022 Medal (which you must post an update at least one time to qualify) OR a SimNaNo Boost Medal OR a SimNaNo Plus Medal (see other challenges for details).


SimNaNo: Bonus Challenges
This isn’t even my final form! So, we at Boolprop decided to throw in a few "honorary" goals as a nod towards NaNoWriMo, which inspired SimNaNo in the first place. What are these goals?
SimNaNo Boost: Reach 1,500 pictures or 25,000 words.
SimNaNo Plus: Reach 3,000 pictures or 50,000 words.
Make it to one of these goals and you'll receive a SimNaNo Boost or SimNaNo Plus Medal instead of the SimNaNo 2022 Medal!

So there's the rules, any questions or comments regarding them can happen in this thread! I'll keep a post below this one for updates on the rules over time (more for my own documentation).

Other SimNaNo Links:
The Coffeehouse ~ Sign-Ups ~ Update Thread
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