Thursday, October 06, 2005
National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing month is open for registration HERE. The objective is to write a 50,000 word novel from scratch between 1st and 31st November. Plotting and character sketching beforehand is allowed but the witing must happen in the month. The quality of writing is of no matter - it is all about actually finishing a task against a deadline.
I'm planning to take part - though I don't yet know where ther time is going to come from. anyone else reading this who is tempted, please let me know and we can set up mutual support in the blogosphere.
From the site -
How many novels have been written through NaNoWriMo?
1999: 21 participants and six winners
2000: 140 participants and 29 winners
2001: 5000 particpants and more than 700 winners
2002: 13,500 participants and around 2100 winners
2003: 25,500 participants and about 3500 winners
2004: 42,000 participants and just shy of 6000 winners
Has anyone had their novel published?
Jon F. Merz was one of Team 2001's winners; his NaNo book The Destructor was published by Pinnacle Books in March 2003. Lani Diane Rich, sold her 2002 NaNo-penned manuscript, Time Off For Good Behavior to Warner Books, and it came out to great reviews in October 2004, and won the Romance Writers of America RITA award for Best Debut Novel eight months later. Her 2003 NaNoWriMo novel was published by Warner Books as Maybe Baby in 2005.
Got to be worth a go!
I'm planning to take part - though I don't yet know where ther time is going to come from. anyone else reading this who is tempted, please let me know and we can set up mutual support in the blogosphere.
From the site -
How many novels have been written through NaNoWriMo?
1999: 21 participants and six winners
2000: 140 participants and 29 winners
2001: 5000 particpants and more than 700 winners
2002: 13,500 participants and around 2100 winners
2003: 25,500 participants and about 3500 winners
2004: 42,000 participants and just shy of 6000 winners
Has anyone had their novel published?
Jon F. Merz was one of Team 2001's winners; his NaNo book The Destructor was published by Pinnacle Books in March 2003. Lani Diane Rich, sold her 2002 NaNo-penned manuscript, Time Off For Good Behavior to Warner Books, and it came out to great reviews in October 2004, and won the Romance Writers of America RITA award for Best Debut Novel eight months later. Her 2003 NaNoWriMo novel was published by Warner Books as Maybe Baby in 2005.
Got to be worth a go!
