NaNoWriMo

 

National Novel Writing Month happens in November.  People sign up to write 50,000 words in 30 days.

In case you're curious these are the rules:

The rules state that, to be an official NaNoWriMo winner, you must…

• Write a 50,000-word (or longer!) novel, between November 1 and November 30.
• Start from scratch. None of your own previously written prose can be included in your NaNoWriMo draft (though outlines, character sketches, and research are all fine, as are citations from other people’s works).
• Write a novel. We define a novel as a lengthy work of fiction. If you consider the book you’re writing a novel, we consider it a novel too!
• Be the sole author of your novel. Apart from those citations mentioned two bullet-points up.
• Write more than one word repeated 50,000 times.
• Upload your novel for word-count validation to our site between November 25 and November 30.

 
But wait there's more  Camp NaNoWriMo for those crazy enough to want to do it SEVERAL times a year.  Camp NaNoWriMo is held in April and July.  This year at camp they are letting you choose your word count goal.