Do you want to write a novel?

Have you ever wanted to write a novel? What about writing a novel in a month? The Month of November is known as National Novel Writing Month and here at Ozark Regional, we are offering middle and high school students the chance to join in and write a novel at the library.

What is NaNoWriMo?

National Novel Writing Month happens every November! It's a fun, seat-of-your-pants writing event where the challenge is to complete an entire novel in just 30 days. For one month, you get to lock away your inner editor, let your imagination take over, and just create!

That means participants begin writing November 1 and must finish by midnight, November 30. The word-count goal for our adult program is 50,000 words, but the Young Writers Program (YWP) allows 17-and-under participants to set reasonable, yet challenging, individual word-count goals.

In 2013, over 300,000 adults participated through our main site, and nearly 90,000 young writers participated through the YWP.  

From What is NaNoWriMo?

Using the Young Writers Program (for those under 18), each writer can feel free to explore the joys and hardships of writing so much in so little time. If you are interested, the Youth Services librarian is offering prep sessions in the month of October on every Tuesday at the Ironton Branch. Call Ironton to sign up ASAP if you're interested. She's offering write-ins on every Tuesday in November for the Young Writers Program.

• If you are interested, click here to sign up. Be sure to register as a Young Writer.
• Follow the steps listed here.
• Feel free to join the Virtual Classroom , which welcomes all interested participants even if they are not located near the Ironton Branch.
• There are prep materials listed on the website if anyone needs them. In the month of October, the Youth Librarian will be doing prep workshops after school on Tuesdays at the Ironton Branch.