About National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.

Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It’s all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.

You know what? They can explain it better here.

About PinoyWrimos

PinoyWrimos (or NaNoWriMo Philippines, if you want to be formal), is the official nickname of participants of NaNoWriMo who are homed in Asia :: Philippines. It was around 2005 when a group of Filipinos wandered randomly into one of the general Asia region thread in the NaNoWriMo forums. After some discussions and convincing, the region was officially formed and recognized in NaNoWriMo on October 15, 2005, with the creation of the Philippines Regional Lounge. The region was headed by the first Municipal Liaison, Erwin (lumitao), who is then joined by Inez (illustria) before the end of the month. The ML position was handed off to Tina (tinamats) on 2007 when Inez had to leave to pursue her studies and when news of Erwin’s passing was known.

In 2010, Liana (purplyana) joined the ranks as the Municipal Liaison of Asia :: Philippines. Together, she and Tina act as mother hens and all-around cheerleader for the region, organizing events, pushing and encouraging (sometimes even bribing) PinoyWrimos so they could get to the magical land of 50,000 words.

Oh, and they know the name should also just be PinoyWrimo without the ‘s’, since it would mean Pinoy Writing Month, but PinoyWrimos sounded so much better than the other. Don’t you think? Oh, and the domain name has been bought before this realization set in, so the name is here to stay.

About Pinoywrimos.com

Pinoywrimos.com is the official website of NaNoWriMo Philippines. If you’re a Filipino, a Wrimo and you need community news, statistics, information, events and resources, this is where you will (most probably) find them.