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NaNoWriMo or the National Novel Writer’s Month contest is a contest for writers to complete a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. Winners of the contests are those that are able to complete the 50,000 word minimum. There’s no official check of winners. The only way it is checked, is by uploading it to... more »
It’s a monumental challenge that many writers happily embrace: Write a 50,000 word novel during the 30 days of November. NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing Month, has become an annual tradition that attracts writers from around the world and is a test of a writer’s determination, endurance and skill. To win,... more »
NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is an online competition that is held every November by the Office of Letters and Light at nanowrimo.org. The goal is to write a 50,000-word, first draft of a novel in 30 days. Every year, thousands of writers sign up, hoping to write the next "Great Novel." more »
NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is an online competition that is held every November by the Office of Letters and Light at nanowrimo.org. The goal is to write the first draft of a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Every year, thousands of writers sign up, hoping to write that next great work of fiction. more »
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National Novel Writing Month (also known as NaNoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in November in which participants attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. Despite the name, the project is now international in scope.
History
Chris Baty started the project in July 1999 with 21 participants in the San Francisco Bay area. Since then, the event has been held in November "to more fully take advantage of the miserable weather.""history"> 2000 was the first year NaNoWriMo had a website; participants joined a Yahoo! group in the absence of official forums. It was also the year that many of NaNoWriMos ground rules were laid out, such as disallowing works in progress or co-authored books. 140 participants attempted the challenge, and 21 wrote 50,000 words.
In 2001, Chris Baty expected 150 participants; 5000 signed up."history"/> At that point, sign-ups were not automated, so Baty and a small team of volunteers spent the end of October and early November registering the massive backlog of participants by hand. Other troubles included a hacking of the site and massive bandwidth use, forcing Baty to postpone the addition of official wordcount verification. 700 writers crossed the finish line that year.
2002 saw massive technical improvements and increased automation to the site, as well as what Baty described as "laugh-so-we-dont-cry t-shirt misadventures.""history"/> Media attention from National Public Radio and CBS Evening News drew increased attention and a participant count of 14,000. The next year, the NaNoWriMo team began the Municipal Liaison program and sent out the first set of pep talk emails. Baty also began work on "No Plot? No Problem!" during the 2003 NaNoWriMo, writing the NaNoWriMo guide concurrent with his own fiction novel.
The site continues to grow every year; 2004 was marked by a new site layout, entirely new code, book-styled Flash profile pages, and 42,000 participants. In 2005, 59,703 people pa read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National+Novel+Writing+Month
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