Is anyone going to participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writer's Month) this year?

Yes, I will participate this year. I have what I feel is a bloody good idea, and its starting to drive me crazy. My problem is I have no idea what my goal should be.

I'm participating because I want to get into Storyboarding, Animatics/Animation. It's what I am going to college for. But I feel that you can't make a good storyboard, if you can't write a good story. So its all practice.

good for you. are you familiar with Scribner software? I hear it is great for things like that. as a screenwriter we could always use good storyboard people. how are you with animation and drawing in general?

At the moment, I know zilch on Animation, beyond what I have tried to gleam from youtube vids doing tutorials on how they use Adobe After Effects. I just got my CS6 Master Suite Installed, picked up a new Drawing Tablet, and Drawing Desk. I need a chair now.... and I should be good to go with doodling and farting around in After Effects. But that is why I am going to college. So, what little I learn on the outside, will only help me once I get to those classes.
At one point I did fiddle-fart around with Adobe Flash, but I never really published anything. None of it met some standards I wanted.
I've done some video editing, in the form of Animated Music Videos, but I used older Freeware; so my options on what I could do with it were very limited.

As far as my drawing is concerned. I know I'm not as good as I can be, or even as good as I should be. I've been doodling more and more often since I got out of the military. I know I have room for improvement, and have always looked for helpful, constructive criticism. I can't really improve on something, if I don't know what's wrong with it. (Been my drawwing motto for a couple years)

I would like to keep in touch and maybe we can work together on a project when you're ready.