The first time someone said to me, "Are you participating in NaNoWriMo"? I thought they were speaking a foreign language. "Huh? NaNo what"?
NaNoWriMo, for those not in the know, stands for "National Novel Writing Month," which is November every year.
The phenomenon was conceived in 1999, and in 2005, National Novel Writing Month officially became a nonprofit.
The global organization, self-described as a "fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing," attracted more than 450,000 people around the world in 2015. Today, it includes a Young Writers program and a camp, and has 18 corporate sponsors.
Libraries and other organizations open their doors to writers who want to get together with other writers during NaNoWriMo month to make it a fun, group event.
To participate:
1) Sign up at nanowrimo.org
2) Fill out a profile
3) Find a region to join
4) On Nov. 1 start writing a fiction novel consisting of at least 50,000 words
5) Update your daily word count on NaNoWriMo.org throughout the entire month of November
6) On November 30 at 11:59 p.m., stop writing.
If you're not a writer but you want to support writers, or if you are a writer but are unable to write a novel in November, there are other ways you can participate. You can donate, you can buy NaNoWriMo merchandise, you can volunteer, you can even sponsor a writing group of your own!
For lots ore information, go to NaNoWriMo.org. Good luck and have fun!
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