San Antonio's National Novel Writing Month   Tags: nanowrimo, novel, writing  

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National Novel Writing Month (also known as "NaNoWriMo") is a program in which anyone--no matter your age, your educational background, your spelling skills, or your primary language--are challenged to write a novel in 30 days.  That's right:  a novel in 30 days.  The novel must be original--no fair copying War and Peace!--and must be 50,000 words long.  Does that sound impossible?  Last year, 30,000 people did it, and almost 1300 of them were in San Antonio. 

Everyone has a story to tell; here's your chance to find yours.  Throughout November, the branches of San Antonio Public Library will be hosting NaNoWriMo meetings all across the city.  You'll find our calendar of meetings on this page.

 San Antonio Public Library will help by providing quiet space in which you can write.  To reach the entire city, our branches are hosting the event in a "round robin," with meetings in different branches on different days.

Visit these websites to find out about the history of National Novel Writing Month and what's going on around the world this year.

"Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite:
'Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart and write.'" --Astrophel and Stella, Sir Philip Sidney

Will you join us for National Novel Writing Month this year?

Would you like to share a small sample of your NaNoWriMo novel?  Just a paragraph--30 or 50 words or so--to give us a taste.  And we'll post it here (you can give us your name or a penname, if you'd like to preserve your anonymity), to give other NaNoWriMo writers some encouragement.  Send the paragraph to ramona.lucius (at) sanantonio.gov.