Yesterday we looked at all sorts of fun "goodies" that NaNoWriMo has to offer, but wait, there's more. As well as a website with lots of cool things to do and get, there is also local NaNo stuff.
Come Write In is a program that libraries and book stores take part in. The library or book store agree to take part, and they get this snazzy poster that says, well, Come Write In. Imagine this, a WriMos desperately needing a place to write that will feed his imagination and motivate him to write happens to pass one of his favorite book stores and sees the Come Write In poster in the window. By the poster there he can tell that this store/library at least knows about NaNoWriMo, and that the a fore mentioned WriMo is perfectly welcomed there to bring either his note book or lap top, sit down at one of the tables, and write. Sometimes it is a planed thing, and WriMos meet together at a specific time and place. Sometimes it is a random thing, and people go in to write as they will.
What better place is there for a writer to write than surrounded by books! Plus the WriMo might be tempted then to buy a book, or as coffee shop book stores are popular in my town, a warm drink to sip as you write.
What better place is there for a writer to write than surrounded by books! Plus the WriMo might be tempted then to buy a book, or as coffee shop book stores are popular in my town, a warm drink to sip as you write.
Then there is the Night of Writing Dangerously. The official one happens in San Francisco, which makes sense as The Office of Letters and Light is situated somewhere around there, but all over the world WriMos host their own. What is it? It is one night, where a bunch of people participating in NaNoWriMo meet together, and pull an all nighter eating copouise amounts of food, playing games, and writing...dangerously. Sadly enough I have never been to one. There has never been one near enough where I live for me to attend.
"But wait," you ask, "who exactly arranges this stuff?" That would be the municipal liaison. It is a volunteer position, and the municipal liaison is in charge of arranging any events, motivating and helping people reach 50,000 words, and fundraising to keep The Office of Letters and Light going.
Last but not least there is even a special forum for specific places. At the website you choose your region, and anyone else living in your region will be able to access the forum for that region. So even if you live in a town like mine, with no Come Write In, Night of Writing Dangerously, or municipal liaisons, you can still chat and converse with the other WriMos in your area.
"But wait," you ask, "who exactly arranges this stuff?" That would be the municipal liaison. It is a volunteer position, and the municipal liaison is in charge of arranging any events, motivating and helping people reach 50,000 words, and fundraising to keep The Office of Letters and Light going.
Last but not least there is even a special forum for specific places. At the website you choose your region, and anyone else living in your region will be able to access the forum for that region. So even if you live in a town like mine, with no Come Write In, Night of Writing Dangerously, or municipal liaisons, you can still chat and converse with the other WriMos in your area.
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