NaNoWriMo in the News

Selected Press Clippings

Oakland North: “Chabot Elementary students pen novels in afterschool program.” (12/10)

BigThink “NaNoWriMo and Literary Spontaneity” (11/11)

Paste Magazine ”Get Inspired: Ten NaNoWriMo Premises We Would Totally Read (And Four We Liked Anyway)” (11/10)

BBC News “Foster’s fiction: Week 1 of National Novel Writing Month” (11/11)

ABC News “Deadline Frenzy: Writing a Novel in 30 Days” (11/10)

West Edmonton Local “NaNoWriMo writers to share manuscripts at open mic event” (11/11)

Los Angeles Times blog “12 reasons to ignore the naysayers: Do NaNoWriMo” (11/10)

Chicago Public Radio F. Scott Fitzgerald spent eight years writing Tender Is the Night. Finnegan’s Wake took James Joyce seventeen years to complete. But this November, some Chicagoans are joining a global community of writers trying to finish novels in just 30 days as part of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. Audio clip & transcript (11/07)

The Washington Post “NaNoWriMo: Taking the novel-writing plunge” (11/10)

USA Today PopCandy ”Reminder: NaNoWriMo starts today!” (11/10)

Publisher’s Weekly – ShelfTalker “Indie Bookstores: ‘Come Write In’ with NaNoWriMo” (10/10)

The National ”The novel-writing challenge: 50,000 words in 30 days.” (11/10)

The Huffington Post “NaNoWriMo: Advice From The Fastest Writers Ever “ (11/11)

Seattle Books Examiner “Have you always wanted to write the Great American Novel but struggled to find motivation and time? Well friends, let Nanowrimo be your guide.” (10/10)

Oakland Magazine “Relax, It’s Just a Novel” (10/11)

Cellar Door Stanford University students initiate a NaNoWriMo class, which is now part of the curriculum. (11/09)

Austin Literature Examiner “What you need is a strong push over that precipice, something to make you write like you’ve never written before, to take the thinking out and put the productivity in.”(10/10)

Wavedash An interview with NaNoWriMo Community Liaison, Sarah Mackey about writing and technology, and the NaNoWriMo community. (11/10)

Wired UK “National Novel Writing Month, online at NaNoWriMo, is a non-profit ‘literary crusade’, whose mission it is to see aspiring writers turn into perspiring writers, as they work at a furious pace to hit the deliberately tight deadline.” (10/08)

Writer’s Digest “NaNoWriMo is a lot like a literary marathon. Folks from all walks of life come together and dedicate a substantial part of their year to doing something wonderful, tiring and a little bit stupid.” (09/09)

The Boston Globe “In the lines of fire: Soldiers take to fiction writing contest to help combat the stress of war.” (11/07)

NPR’s On the Media A short audio clip on NaNoWriMo, courtesy of NPR. (11/07)

The Washington Post “If this growth rate is constant and participation is cumulative, then every American will be writing a novel in November 2027. We’ll be a country made entirely of boozing, tortured authors.” (11/06)

Slate “The tight, non-negotiable deadline and the challenging minimum word count are the secrets of NaNoWriMo’s genius, because they focus the mind remarkably well.” (11/11)

New York Times The secret to writing a novel in a month is just to do it — and it’s a good idea to accept from the start that, barring miracles, it will be very, very bad. (11/06)

Portland Mercury “November is National Novel Writing Month” (10/05)

The Daily Dot “With 200,000 participants, there’s a lot of demand for 30 Covers in 30 Days, but selection is random and rare.” (11/11)

The Emory Wheel “Surviving National Novel Writing Month” (11/11)

Santa Cruz Sentinel “Novel Writing for Neurotics” (11/11)

Boston.com “Every writer has their own rhythm and habits, and those participating in this year’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) are no exception.” (11/11)

Selected Podcasts

Walking on Air (Part 1) - October 2010

Walking on Air (Part 2) - October 2010

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