Every year writers around the world wait for November. They count down the days until November 1. That's when they take the challenge.
Many write novels in November, during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). More and more nonfiction writers take part in
National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo), best know as the Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) Challenge.
"With all this writing going on—books of all types, essays, articles, proposals, manifestos, and more—a few years ago I decided November should actually be called National Writing Month," says Nina Amir, founder of the WNFIN Challenge and author of
How to Blog a Book and
The Author Training Manual (Writer's Digest Books, Feb. 2014).
Rise to the Writing Challenge Any nonfiction writer can rise to the challenge during November. Just start and finish a work of nonfiction of any type or length in 30 days. WNFIN is a personal challenge, not a contest. It's about meeting your own goals and achieving your potential.
"All it takes is a decision," Amir explains. "Make up your mind to devote November to writing that nonfiction project that has been in your head. Decide to get it out of your mind and onto paper—in 30 days or less."
Get Writing Support As you do so, Amir's blog,
Write Nonfiction NOW!, and a brand new
FREE forum support you. You can register for the forum and then communicate with other participants during the month. This allows them to serve as accountability partners and a support group. You can chat with participants in the official WNFIN Challenge
Facebook page.
Plus, anyone can read the 30 blog posts written by experts in the areas of creativity, craft, publishing, promotion, and authorpreneurship that are published during the WNFIN Challenge. This provides educational support to all nonfiction writers and those taking the challenge. They remain on the Write Nonfiction NOW! blog all year long.
This year, WNFIN has an amazing roster of 28 expert guest bloggers. (The remaining days are covered by Amir.) They include:
- Rachel Cornell, The Pronagger
- Laura West, creative business coach
- Roy Peter Clark, author and "America's Writing Coach"
- Linda Formichelli, author and freelance writer
- Rochelle Melander, author and writing coach
- Mary Knipple, creativity coach
- Denis Ledoux, founder of The Memoir Network and November Is Life Writing Month
- Linda Joy Myers, author and founder of The National Association of Memoir Writers
- Dinty Moore, author and director of creative writing at Ohio University
- Toni Robino, editor and ghostwriter
- Roger Parker, author and book and marketing coach
- Ellen Violet, The Ebook Coach
- Kristen Eckstein, The Ultimate Book Coach
- Mike Larsen, author and literary agent
- Joel Friedlander, book designer and self-publishing expert
- Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords.com
- Stephanie Chandler – Marketing Plan
- Dana Lynn Smith, The Savvy Bookmarketer
- Penny Sansevieri, author and founder Author Marketing Experts, Inc
- Dindy Yokel, PR, marketing, communications and branding expert
- Linda Lee, WordPress expert
- Denise Wakeman, blogging expert and found of The Blog Squad
- Frances Caballo, author and social media expert
- John Kremer, author and book promotion expert
- Patrick Schwerdtfeger, author and keynote speaker
- Ellen Britt, online marketing strategist
- Kathleen Gage, strategic Internet marketing expert
- Peter Bowerman, author and self-publishing expert
If you want to write a book, November is a great time to do so. Why not rise to the challenge?
To find out how to participate in WNFIN/NaNonFiWriMo,
click here, or find out more about WNFIN/NaNonFiWriMo,
click here.