National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is officially over, and I’ve never been happier to see Dec. 1 pop up on my calendar. November – especially the last week – has been hell. But today, I can officially call myself a “novelist” because with nearly 13,000 others, we reached the 50,000 word count by midnight yesterday. The beginning of this crazy writing marathon started out with optimism and hope. The goal seemed relatively easy: Write......

By now it's obvious to everyone that LAist has no business writing a novel. We actually have a job that requires us to write. But we said we'd do it, and far as we can tell there's no other city based blog participating in National Novel Writing Month. Clearly they're smarter for it. When you write there's always voices in your head telling you what an idiot you are. Usually a few shots of......

It's National Novel Writing Month, so LAist is writing a novel. like KFed's "music", the rule is you cant worry about it being good, it just needs to be written down by you, during this month. frankly i cant believe that day two was so much easier than day one, but still i procrastinated a lot because i didnt know what i was going to write and now that its over i dont know......

Today marks the start of National Novel Writing Month, affectionately called "nanowrimo" by the tens of thousands of its participants. Now in its 8th year, the month's premise is simple, really: Write 50,000 words in 30 days and earn the right to call yourself a novelist. This fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants approach to writing forces novelists to get the words down and out, instead of stressing about little things like symmetry and syntax. Gone is the luxury......