NaNoWriMo
"No plot? No problem"
National Novel Writing Month CAS: Creativity
The goal of NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, is that you write a 50 000 word long story during the month of November. That is 175 pages, 1667 words a day. This is of course a lot of work, but it is quantity, not quality, that matters in this online event.
The idea is to get authors to sit down and finally make a rough draft of that story that they were going to write some time. It is not meant to be a perfect product; it will most likely only be nothing more than a rough draft. But that is the beginning of everything, and if you don’t do it now, chances are you never will.
It is an international event, despite the name, for all ages, languages and plots. No one reads the novels you send in when you’re done, they are merely get the number of words verified and are then deleted, enabling you to write in whatever language you want and with no worries of getting your plot stolen.
It takes place in November rather than during the summer to prove that anyone can write a novel. Anyone includes IB students in great need of CAS hours.
To your aid you will have, aside from your fantastic muse and those characters you will create, a wonderful message board on the homepage. If there is something you need to know in order to write your story better you can turn to this message board, which is full of kind and understanding participants who will do their best to help you out.
Anyone who manages to finish these 50 000 words are classified as a Winner, and for every year the number of Winners has increased.
1999 – 6 finished novels
2000 – 29 finished novels
2001 – 700 finished novels
2002 - 2070 finished novels
Jon F. Merz, one of the 700 winners of 2001, is getting his NaNoWriMo book, The Destructor, published in March 2003 by Pinnacle Books.
For more information, and/or signing up: www.nanowrimo.org
written by IB failing