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DAY One: NaNoWriMo Overview
If you are here, I hope that means that you decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year, or at least you’re seriously considering it. Congratulations! Committing to this challenge was a huge step for me. It helped me to feel more serious about my writing and to get a lot of practice in the craft.
Some of you may be encountering NaNoWriMo for the first time, so I thought I’d start with a brief overview of what Nano is and the specific steps you can take now to get started.
The heart of the challenge is to write a 50,000-word novel in the month of November. While that was the original intent of the challenge, it is perfectly acceptable to write 50,000 words of anything. For example, I’m going to dedicate this November to short stories.
Since 1999, NaNoWriMo has been challenging writers to step fully into their creativity. In 2016, the challenge attracted 384,126 participants. Nano has led to thousands of success stories and at least 250 traditionally published novels, including Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants, Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, Hugh Howey’s Wool, Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, Jason Hough’s The Darwin Elevator, and Marissa Meyer’s Cinder.
National Novel Writing Month believes in the transformational power of creativity. We provide the structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds—on and off the page.
NaNoWriMo Mission StatementWhat you can do now to get started.
- Sign up at NaNoWriMo.org.
- Fill out your profile on NaNoWriMo.
- Announce your 2017 novel (check back on the NaNoWriMo.org website for this feature which is coming soon).
- Select your region.
- Get inspired. NaNoWriMo.org has plenty of additional resources to help you get prepared and motivated.
- Sign up for local (see your region) and online events.
That’s it! You should now be prepared to take advantage of all that NaNoWriMo.org has available for you.
Check back into tomorrow when we’ll be talking about setting your goals for October. Or sign-up here to receive the daily feed in your inbox.
Happy writing!
Kira