Have you ever wanted to write a novel? Like the challenge of a tough deadline? Want to connect with other aspiring novelists? Then this may be the event for you!TWU will be joining universities, high schools and writing groups across the country in observing National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo.
A San Francisco writers group started the first NaNoWriMo in 1999, encouraging its members to write every day of November to create 50,000-word novels--about 175 pages--by midnight on November 30th.
TWU Libraries will host a NaNoWriMo Kickoff Party for all TWU students, faculty and staff, where participants will be given "survival kits" featuring inspirational calendars, informational flyers and more. The Kickoff Party will take place this Tuesday, November 1st from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in the living room area on the first floor of the Blagg-Huey Library on TWU's Denton campus. For assistance, stop at the Information Desk just inside the front doors and a library staff member there will be happy to direct you. R.S.V.P. for the Kickoff Party at TWU.NaNoWriMo@gmail.com.
The Blagg-Huey Library will also host a Write In on Thursday, November 10th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Woman’s Collection Reading Room on the library's second floor. Also in the Woman’s Collection will be an exhibit on women writers who are former students or graduates of TWU--including Ann Rice, Gloria Anzaldua, Helen Gurley Brown and more.
For more information on TWU's observance of NaNoWriMo contact Heidi Ashbaugh at hashbaugh@twu.edu.
For the writer in you--please join us.
By: Heidi Ashbaugh
