NaNoWriMo

Nanowrimo ([]) is an idea, a community, and a website. It's also an acronym for National Novel Writing Month. Every year, in November, a group of highly over-caffeinated individuals make it their goal to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. You can go it alone, join a local chapter of Nanowrimo participants, or get involved digitally via the greatest forum the world has ever known! (Seriously, there are some fantastic writer's helps and resources collected on the forum every year, not to mention a lot of crazy writers to talk to who are daring the not-so-impossible right along with you.)

Nanowrimo also has a Young Authors Program were you can find even more resources, like this handy-dandy workbook for novel contemplation.

The Young Writer's Nanowrimo Workbook. []

And here's the best part. Should you succeed, not only do you have your own novel to cherish forever, but you also get this stylish web badge to display on all your digital domain.



and this one, for you grown ups.