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November is National Novel Writing Month and the organization behind it is challenging writers of all levels to get down to serious work and write fifty-thousand words in one month. As the deadline nears - the end of November - many wonder how these writers are doing. Are they reaching their goal? Are they penning the great American novel?
In Chicago at a writer's workshop in a loft on the city's Northwest side, writers are taking part in what's called a WRITE-IN. Writers of all levels are coming together to create literary energy and write, write, write in hopes of reaching the goal of 50,000 words. Some are well on their way, some beyond the goal, some struggling to get past 500 words. But the WRITE-IN is a unique venue offering help to get writers motivated, focused, and to give support through the energy of a collective group trying to write that next bestseller.
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November is National Novel Writing Month and the organization behind it is challenging writers of all levels to get down to serious work and write fifty-thousand words in one month. As the deadline nears - the end of November - many wonder how these writers are doing. Are they reaching their goal? Are they penning the great American novel?
In Chicago at a writer's workshop in a loft on the city's Northwest side, writers are taking part in what's called a WRITE-IN. Writers of all levels are coming together to create literary energy and write, write, write in hopes of reaching the goal of 50,000 words. Some are well on their way, some beyond the goal, some struggling to get past 500 words. But the WRITE-IN is a unique venue offering help to get writers motivated, focused, and to give support through the energy of a collective group trying to write that next bestseller.
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The outcue is..."...before the end of the month." fade of nat sound.
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INTRO:November is National Novel Writing Mont, sometimes know as NaNoWriMo (Nan-oh-rye-moe). The challenge is - as it is each November - for writers to get to work on their novels and write fifty-thousand words before the end of the month.
Reporter David Berner went to a studio loft on Chicago's Northwest side where writers of all levels are coming together for nights of marathon writing, hoping to try to knockout the next bestseller...
OUTRO:...that was David Berner reporting from Chicago.
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