We have a great slate of events for the 2018 National Novel Writing Month season. Notes from previous preparatory workshops are available. The popular Library Crawl offers writers plenty of opportunities to work on their novels at write-ins while earning chances for nice prizes at the TGIO. As always, consider joining the Writing Journey, our year-round writing group.
See the detailed list of regional events
Visit our regional nanowrimo forum
Read our Guide to Write-Ins
What is NaNoWriMo? See our Frequently Asked Questions (faq).
You might be interested in the notes from our many workshops.
See our Library Crawl, now in its third year; attend write-ins and win prizes.
See our 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 regional forum archives, and 2017 regional forum archives).
2013: Idea RingsNaperWriMo News
Stories from: our NaperWriMo facebook page
- Photos from NaperWriMo's post - 10 April 2019 Thanks to Mary Costello and the Nichols Library in Naperville for their continued sponsorship of NaperWriMo; they have set up our three most recent anthologies (from the Journey) in a display. http://writingjourney.org/books
(Feed generated with FetchRSS) - Thanks so much to Ellie Roth and Danielle Egan-Miller for their workshop February 9th with the... - 12 February 2019 Thanks so much to Ellie Roth and Danielle Egan-Miller for their workshop February 9th with the Writing Journey. It was a fantastic session; we all learned a lot about literary agents, query letters, and traditional publication.
(Feed generated with FetchRSS) - Inside the mind of a master procrastinator - 2 January 2019 Do you find that you procrastinate a lot? We're now in 2019--consider how you can beat procrastination. See this excellent TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator (or view the blog post at https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html ).
Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the win...
(Feed generated with FetchRSS) - The Writing Journey is looking for authors to submit their flash fiction, short stories and poems... - 31 December 2018 The Writing Journey is looking for authors to submit their flash fiction, short stories and poems for our 2019 anthology that explores the theme of being stranded. This includes stories of metaphorical, emotional, psychological stranding. We’re looking for poetry and fiction (from micro-fiction to short stories up to about 3000 words). Stories should be PG-13. - Read more about this project: https://writingjourney.org/anthology-2019/
(Feed generated with FetchRSS) - Reasons for Hope: Speculative stories and poems - 29 December 2018 The Writing Journey is pleased to announce the publication of its anthology Reasons For Hope, a collection of speculative fiction stories and poems that focuses on optimistic solutions and outcomes. https://www.amazon.com/dp/179182501X
These are dark times, some say, with so many unresolved problems in our world. Where is Hope? Renew your spirit with these speculative fictional answers to that eternal question.We live in our stories. Find hope in this anthology offered by The Writing Journey (writingjourney.org), a community of...
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