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| If you’re one of those readers in quarantine saying: “I am going to write my novel…” but haven’t quite done it yet, National Novel Writing Month is almost here! Get prepared a month ahead of time with Bookshop: NaNoWriMo’s Grant Faulkner (Executive Director) and Aya de León (successful NaNoWriMo author and UC Berkeley writing instructor) discuss and take Q&A on how to make November the month you finally write your story. Wednesday, October 7 at 4pm PT (7pm ET), with Q&A. Free with Zoom registration! A great program for both adult writers of any age + young writers, too! |
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| Every writer knows that as rewarding as the creative process is, it can often be a bumpy road. Have hope and keep at it! Designed to kick-start creativity, this handsome handbook from the executive director of National Novel Writing Month gathers a wide range of insights and advice for writers at any stage of their career. Pep Talks for Writers provides motivation, encouragement, and helpful exercises for writers of all stripes. |
| The official NaNoWriMo handbook that inspires young people to tackle audacious goals and complete their creative projects. Includes pep talks from today’s biggest authors! John Green, Marissa Meyer, Jennifer Niven, Daniel José Older, Danielle Paige, Celia C. Pérez, and Scott Westerfeld with an introduction by Jason Reynolds! Partly a how-to guide on the nitty-gritty of writing, partly a collection of inspiration to set (and meet) ambitious goals, Brave the Page is the go-to resource for middle-grade writers. |
| ABOUT NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. Ready to start preparing for National Novel Writing Month? Check out quick resources to get ready for November here. |
| ABOUT THE EXPERT AUTHORS |
| Grant Faulkner is the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month and the co-founder of 100 Word Story. He’s published two books on writing, Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo, and Brave the Page, a teen writing guide. His essays on creativity have been published in The New York Times, Poets & Writers, LitHub, Writer’s Digest, and The Writer. He also co-hosts Write-minded, a weekly podcast on writing and publishing. |
| Aya de León teaches creative writing at UC Berkeley. Kensington Books publishes her award-winning Justice Hustlers feminist heist series, including Side Chick Nation, the first novel published about Hurricane Maria. In December Kensington will publish her first standalone novel, A Spy in the Struggle, and this year, Aya also published her first children’s chapter book Equality Girls and the Purple Reflecto-Ray. |
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