The November Novelists Every November, hundreds of thousands of people around the world set themselves a daunting challenge: they pledge to write a 50,000- word draft of a novel in just 30 days. It’s all part of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which drew 431,626 participants from six continents last year — 40,000 of whom met the word count goal. The participants (sometimes called “wrimos”) include creatives of all kinds. There are professional writers, aspiring authors, enthusiastic hobbyists and people with 9-to-5 desk jobs who enjoy the fun, creative outlet. Some projects that were started during past NaNoWriMo challenges went on to become best-sellers, such as “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen, “The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern, “Fangirl” of Western QueensBY KATRINA MEDOFF by Rainbow Rowell and “Wool” by Hugh Howey, according to barnesandnoble.com. Some authors, such as thriller writer Elizabeth Haynes, regularly use the challenge as motivation to complete a draft of a novel every year; according to her website, 2015 marked her 10th NaNoWriMo. Other projects end up as a learning experience for their writers or are shared with friends and family. For Sunnyside resident Mel Walker, who has participated in 11 NaNoWriMos @KatrinaMedof @katya_m22 and has reached the word count every single year, “Publication is not a pressing goal,” he said. “It’s really just the journey and the joy of just writing.” He’s gone back and edited about half of his NaNoWriMo projects, and for two of them, he put hard copies together through CreateSpace to give to his family. Whether a participant ends up with 50,000 words or just 500, NaNoWriMo 14 I BOROMAG.COM I NOVEMBER 2016 arts + Entertainment
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