" been a good way to make connections here in the area with other writers, and gave me the opportunity to meet and talk with professional authors," he told me. The national program hosts several online "write-ins" and a couple of bigger events, but local chapters of the program are more active, putting on in-person events to kick-off and close-out the month, as well as several events to take place throughout November.Īs a municipal liaison, Ricks plans and schedules many of the events for the Austin area. What makes NaNoWriMo different from simply sitting in a quiet room and pledging to write a first draft of a novel is that joining NaNoWriMo places a writer inside a community of other people all trying to do the same thing. Some of the most acclaimed NaNoWriMo books include: Yes! Many NaNoWriMo projects after heavy revision and rewriting are published as novels in traditional and electronic formats. 6) Have any NaNoWriMo books been published? If a writer reaches the 50,000 word mark and verifies their word count on the organization's site, they get two paperback copies of their work for free, and several subscriptions to various writing softwares. Mostly, winners get bragging rights. Sort of! The biggest prize for finishing NaNoWriMo is the satisfaction one gains by finishing something that seemed big and impossible.
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