The NaNo News

Is Your Novel Off-track? Good!
Week Three tips from Chris on NaNoVideo.

Battle Week-Three Boredom!
Pick-me-ups for the roughest week of NaNoWriMo.

It's Week Three, and I've been getting a ton of NaNoMails from Wrimos telling me all about how bored they are with their novels. This is totally normal. Week Three is notorious for causing even the most dedicated novelist to put down their pen and run.

You, dear writer, will not run. You will write!

Here are five fast-and-easy tips to get you through Week Three.

We Dare You To...
Check out the most recent NaNoVideo!

Keep the Week-Two Blues at Bay!
Five word-count boosting tips from NaNo HQ.

If you’re behind on your word count, know that you’re in good company. Just about every one of us here at NaNo-HQ is thousands of words behind. Thousands! But we’re not going to let this stop us from writing like a bunch of crazed monkeys this week to catch up.

Here are some of the things we’re planning on doing to get our word counts up to snuff in Week Two:

Where To Write Your Novel!
The most frequently asked question of the week answered.

It seems like many Newbie NaNo-Novelists are understandably confused about where to write their novels. So, we've come up with two lists. One listing the places one should not write a novel, and the other listing places one should.

Places One Should Not Write His or Her Novel

Thousands Off and Writing Worldwide!
NaNoWriMo 2009 officially begins!

Hope you all got off to a good start yesterday! Writing a lot right off the bat is the way to go. That way you have a big old cushion of words once the Week Three noveling fatigue kicks in.

Pre-NaNo Checklist!
Eight things to do while you wait for November 1.

Okay, so you have characters, perhaps you have a plot outline, and you’re ready to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. Great! Here’s a pre-NaNo checklist that might keep you busy while you wait for the fun to begin.

Another Record Breaking Year!
Over 1,000 classrooms participating worldwide.

There are 9,000 young writers are signed up on the YWP website, and 35,000 are participating in over 1,000 classrooms all around the world. We've received requests for Classroom Noveling Kits from teachers in India, Thailand, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, Mexico, New Zealand, Finland, Poland, Belgium, Korea, and Puerto Rico.

Get Discovered This November!
Read all about the YA Novel Discovery Competition.

Amazing news, Wrimos! If you're 13 or older, you're eligible to participate in the Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition!

Young Writers Program Manifesto!
NaNoVideo features NaNo's YWP Program Director.

Tavia Stewart-Streit tells the world what we're all about.