Hello, everyone! I’m going to go out on a whim here and assume that a lot of people scratched their heads at that title. I feel like certain communities, especially the Booktube community, talk about this event all the time, but in others it’s unheard of. So, as a participant of this lovely event, I’m going to explain to you what the corn NaNoWriMo is!

So, first of all, ‘NaNoWriMo’ is simply a shorter way of saying ‘National Novel Writing Month'(See why we shorten it?). Traditionally, this month is November. The whole goal of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50,000 word novel in a month by writing approximately 1,667 words a day. Seems tough, doesn’t it? Last year, over 300,000 people signed up to write a novel, and only about 41,940 writers managed to hit the 50k word count goal. I would like to proudly admit I was one of those who hit 50k, unlike others. And yes, I will brag about it shamelessly.

So, you’re probably wondering, how does this apply to me right now? Obviously, it’s not November! Well, along with the huge event in November, the creators over at NaNoWriMo also host CAMP NaNoWriMo, which is obviously for the summer months. They hold a one month event in April and July. Unlike in November, you can actually change your word count goal to as low as 10,000 words. Overall, their goal for the Camp is to get you writing in some form or fashion during the summer. Even though I wasn’t out of school yet, I still participated in the April Camp. I set my goal to 20k words… and obviously made it!

Now that I’ve explained NaNoWriMo to you, you can officially say that you’re no longer in the dark! And yes, I highly recommend going out and starting to write a novel. Because, guess what!? You haven’t missed out on the fun yet this month! Camp NaNoWriMo is still taking applicants! Did I forget to mention that all of this is FREE? Both NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo have websites where you can track your word count day by day, meet other writers, and get encouragement from published authors! Their are Twitter word sprints and Youtube Simulcast Write-Ins. And Camp NaNoWriMo just adds even more! You can join a Cabin, which consists of 2 to 11 other writers! I have found the Cabin to be a great source of encouragement and advice.

Come on, what are you waiting for? The world needs to hear your story! If you don’t write it, nobody else will. If you would like more information about NaNoWriMo, check out nanowrimo.org. If you would like to join the huge writing party that is Camp NaNoWriMo, sign up and make an account on campnanowrimo.org. And if you’re already a part of Camp, then what are you still doing here? Get to writing! As for me, I should probably stop procrastinating writing a sad scene by writing this. Talk to ya later!