Why I Am Not Participating in NaNoWriMo

And good luck to those who are!

Jyssica Schwartz
Nov 7 · 4 min read

It’s November, so you’re probably seeing posts on Twitter, Medium, and all the other networks about NaNoWriMo, which stands for National Novel Writing Month.

It’s an online creative writing challenge where participants try to write a 50,000-word book manuscript all in November each year. The first NaNoWriMo was in…

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Jyssica Schwartz

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Entrepreneur, writer, editor, book coach, cat lover, weirdo, optimist. Author of “Write. Get Paid. Repeat.” & “Concept to Conclusion.” jyssicaschwartz.com

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