It’s NanoWriMo Time!

the following article was written by a BNS student who writes for our student library blog, the Bibliophile. Thanks for your contribution, Z.L.! 

NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing Month, is an annual event that challenges participants to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November.

To give a sense of how much that is, here is a list of novels with roughly 50,000 words: Brave New World, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Great Gatsby, The Notebook, Of Mice and Men and Fight Club.

Sounds crazy? Over 300,000 writers worldwide participated in 2013. NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever even thought of writing a novel.

There are no restrictions on genre or topic, and quality does not matter. What matters is that writers end the month with a complete first-draft of a novel. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to get people writing and to encourage them to finish.  To ensure this, there is an online community to track your progress and to exchange ideas and words of encouragement to fellow writers.