Want to know something1 about Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen, by Donna Gephart? The book's first draft (草稿) was written inside 30 days, during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).
NaNoWriMo is a writing2 that takes place each year in November. Writers around the world3 . Their4 To write a 50, 000-word novel in a month. Kids can participate, too, through NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program. The concept (概念) is the same, but kids can set a5 word count.
Marya Brennan, who6 the Young Writers Program, says about 100, 000 young people and educators from the program join the challenge each year. "In school, you read books, you do a lot of consuming." She told TIME for Kids. NaNoWriMo gives kids an opportunity to7 . And they get to do it on their own terms,8 parents or teachers telling them what to write.
Sophia Eftychiou, 14, participated in NaNoWriMo in 2017. "I have always had stories on my9 , ever since I could string two thoughts together, "she told TIME for Kids. "NaNoWriMo, for me, was an open opportunity to write those stories on paper. "
NaNo WriMo began in 1999. That's when founder Chris Baty woke up one day with the strong10 to write a novel. He had friends who also wanted to write novels, so for one month, they challenged one another to11 their goal.
Grant Faulkner, NaNoWriMo's executive director, told TIME for Kids that the program "is a way to learn writing by having fun. "In the end, he says, it's not about creating a/an12 novel. It's about telling your story.
According to Sophia, NaNoWriMo helps writers overcome their13 . "What I realized along the way is that it's okay to not14 make it, or to feel afraid," she says. "It's getting your unique story out in a beautiful, messy flurry of words that15 "