



Wish me luck, guys. Photo taken by Ariella Phillipo

Could you write a novel in one month? NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month begins as of today and continues until Nov. 30. This is a project centered around writing 50,000 words, about a 175 page novel in thirty days. To complete this project, you would have to write 1,667 words every day. Sounds wicked easy, right?

NaNoWriMo first began in 1999 with only 21 participants. The foundation has grown extensively since its beginning and accepted over 36,843 completed novels last year.

This will be my first year participating and I know it will be a challenge. Usually when I write I keep things brief. I try to say a lot with a few words, less is more right? But that’s difficult to do with a novel.  I guess I’d better get started.

Thanks, Kailah!

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Ariella Phillipo

8 Responses

  1. Rosa D'Ambrosio says:

    Ariella this is great!!! So excited to see how this goes for you!!

  2. Thanks for the support, Rosa!

  3. ThePhoenixDown says:

    May your words come swiftly and your plot be thick and juicy. That sounded better in my head but I’m not changing it. Good luck!

  4. Kailah Hurst says:

    So excited to see how you come out of this, and the others in our class who decided to participate, so glad I brought it up! May your pencil point be sharp and your hands never cramp.

  5. Ellen Feeley says:

    Holy Moly!! Are you really going to do it??????????????????????? I am stunned at the HUGENESS of the undertaking. Like WOW! I would not even dare to try, or would I? Hmmm…

  6. Thanks guys! Stayed up quite a long time writing last night. O.O

  7. Elaine says:

    I think I shall join you. Perhaps I shall write a book of shorts and include some prose about the daring escape from that dasterdly and deadly wild boar. You know the night we barely escaped with our lives. I shall never forget it, the air was thick with humidity, the sun was setting, dropping like a rock and the sky was … Oh my God, the sky was pi….nk. <3

  8. Alan Phillipo says:

    OMG…That’s a lot of writing, The ability to do so must have skipped a generation