Why I Still Do NaNoWriMo After Winning Six Times

Crystal K. Li
Nov 1 · 7 min read

A love letter to November’s annual writing adventure

Photo by Peter Pryharski

It’s that time of year, writers: NaNoWriMo time. Of course, unless you’ve been hiding under a rock and came out just to read this story (how sweet!), you probably already knew that.

Doing NaNo is my default. That’s not to say I haven’t missed the occasional year, but…

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Crystal K. Li

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Words about wellness, writing, whimsies. Compassionate curmudgeon, poet, artist, sometime social scientist. Inescapably multicultural. Twitter: @wordsofcrystal

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