The National Novel Writing Month is a writing initative over the month of November. It was started in 1999 by Cris Baty, when he and 20 like-minded writers got together to see if they could each write a novel in a month.
It is now an annual phenomenon with many writers throwing caution to the wind and embracing this writing frenzy in November.
What: Writing one 50,000-word novel from scratch in a month's time.
Who: You! We can't do this unless we have some other people trying it as well. Let's write laughably awful yet lengthy prose together.
Why: The reasons are endless! To actively participate in one of our era's most enchanting art forms! To write without having to obsess over quality. To be able to make obscure references to passages from our novels at parties. To be able to mock real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far longer than 30 days to produce their work.
When: You can sign up anytime to add your name to the roster and browse the forums. Writing begins November 1. To be added to the official list of winners, you must reach the 50,000-word mark by November 30 at midnight. Once your novel has been verified by our web-based team of robotic word counters, the partying begins.
www.nanowrimo.org
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