{"id":385,"date":"2024-09-27T21:57:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/?p=385"},"modified":"2024-09-27T21:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:57:13","slug":"nanowrimo-turns-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/nanowrimo-turns-25\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo Turns 25!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year marks the 25th anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/\">NaNoWriMo<\/a>, a global phenomenon that has inspired countless writers to take on the challenge of writing a 50,000-word novel in just 30 days. What began as an informal gathering of 21 friends in 1999 has blossomed into a worldwide event, drawing hundreds of thousands of writers from around the world each November. Over the past quarter-century, NaNoWriMo has fostered a dynamic community, empowering writers of all levels to overcome their inner critic and put words on the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Storyist is proud to have been part of this community for the last 18 years, beginning with the beta testing of Storyist 1 during NaNoWriMo 2006 and serving as an official sponsor for over a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As NaNoWriMo celebrates this milestone anniversary, it continues its mission to champion creativity and make writing accessible and fun for everyone\u2014whether you&#8217;re a seasoned author or embarking on your first novel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congrats, NaNoWriMo! Here&#8217;s to 25 years of turning ideas into stories and stories into novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thinking about participating this year? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/storyist.com\/nanowrimo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/storyist.com\/nanowrimo\">NaNoWriMo-related Storyist resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks the 25th anniversary of NaNoWriMo, a global phenomenon that has inspired countless writers to take on the challenge of writing a 50,000-word novel in just 30 days. What began as an informal gathering of 21 friends in 1999 has blossomed into a worldwide event, drawing hundreds of thousands of writers from around &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/nanowrimo-turns-25\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NaNoWriMo Turns 25!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NaNo25-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1792&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7fYxB-6d","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392,"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}