Author Has Mixed Feelings About NaNoWriMo Challenge

When it comes to writing a quality novel, best-selling author Joshilyn Jackson believes you need to take your time. Nonetheless, she is planning to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this November. In this edition of “Writer to Reader” on “City Lights,” Jackson takes a look at what drives some people to speed write 50,000 words in one month and what the end result might be.

As far as the history of NaNoWriMo goes, it’s relatively simple. In 1999, freelance writer Chris Baty and some friends simply decided to challenge themselves to write 50,000 words in a month. The group of writers they that accepted the challenge grew from year to year and now hundreds of thousands of writers are typing toward the finish line.