November is National Novel Writing Month

As November rolls around, budding novelists are priming their speed-typing and sharpening pencils in preparation for National Novel Writing Month.

Chris Baty of Oakland, California is responsible for this. Baty has been heading up National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in which participants, with motivation from cohorts around the world who are all connected through the website , complete a 50,000 word novel in the 30 days of November. Since founding the escapade in 1999, Baty claims he "has set a reassuringly low bar for budding novelists everywhere."

Writers around the world are cracking their knuckles, stocking up on coffee, and getting ready to write.

For more information, visit the NaNoWriMo website - http://www.nanowrimo.org/