Writers are welcome to celebrate the start of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, in November with the Night of Writing Dangerously on Nov. 1 at IHOP, 3837 Central Ave.
"Come at (7 p.m.) for dinner, and then stay and write until you can't write any longer. Last year, some people wrote until well after midnight," Millie Gore Lancaster, local NaNoWriMo municipal liaison, said in a news release. "Many of us will come in costume to make the evening more festive."
NaNoWriMo is co-sponsored in Hot Springs by Garland County Library and the Village Writers Club. NaNoWriMo challenges participants, called Wrimos, to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days.
Visit http://www.NaNoWriMo.org to sign up. Create a profile and then join the Hot Springs/Little Rock region. Participation is free.
NaNoWriMo started in June 1999 with 21 people in the San Francisco Bay Area. By 2013, more than a third of a million people around the world participated. This year, 400,000 people are expected to participate, the release said.
NaNoWriMo participants are actively encouraged to come to the Garland County Library to write together or alone at any time the library is open. The official NaNoWriMo writing area will be the tables directly across from the door in the northeast corner of the library.
"I'll be at the library on Tuesdays from 5-7 (p.m.). Any Wrimo is welcome to come join me at that time," Lancaster said. "Wrimos can also post on the regional website inviting others to meet them at their favorite coffee shop or hangout spot."
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