by Amy
Happy October, Monkey Tribe!! Or, as I like to think of it, NaNoWriMo Eve. I’m sure the writers among you are intimately familiar with the literary kick-in-the-pants that is National Novel Writing Month, but did you know there is a NaNoWriMo for kids? And it totally rocks!
Happy October, Monkey Tribe!! Or, as I like to think of it, NaNoWriMo Eve. I’m sure the writers among you are intimately familiar with the literary kick-in-the-pants that is National Novel Writing Month, but did you know there is a NaNoWriMo for kids? And it totally rocks!
The Young Writers Program is similar to the regular NaNo in that you have the month
of November to write a book. You can register online to have rabid word-count
competitions with your writer friends.
And you get inspirational emails, in this case from famous kidlit
authors like Jerry Spinelli and Phillip Pullman.
In the YWP, though, participants set their own word
count goal, so writers of all ages can play. There are down-loadable (is that a
word?) Young Novelist Workbooks that offer writing prompts, and tips to help
with plot, character, setting, etc. There are different workbooks for
elementary, middle school and high school.
