Na-No-Wri-Mo

Ok, that title just does not "trip off the tongue", does it?

It stands for National Novel Writing Month.  During Na-No-Wri-Mo, adults and young people are encouraged to write a novel in a month.

I believe adults are required to start at 50,000 words minimum.  Young people can choose their hoped for word count.

This year, Naomi (age 11) and Lydia (age 10) are participating. Naomi chose her initial word goal to be 5000 words.  Lydia chose 2000 words as her goal.

Naomi is, well, an astonishing writer for her age.  To give you an idea of how easily words flow, she wrote more than 1500 words today.  We are in agreement that perhaps she needs to "bump up" her word goal.

Lydia is much earlier in the writing process and finds it quite laborious at times. I am delighted that she is tackling this goal of writing 2000 words in November.

So I'll keep you updated!  Both girls are thinking about their plots and working on descriptive prose.  I am so proud of them.