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Review for National Novel Writing Month, Berkeley, CA, USA
I heard about the Office of Letters and LIght and their encouraging writing program Nanowrimo five years ago and finally engaged the program his past November. Such a necessary step for me and a huge win! Twenty years ago I took a novel writing class and gritted and clawed my way through sixty pages of work I myself did not like! That perceived failure and resulting psychological trauma felt like the door to my fiction writing had closed. But last year, via Nanowrimo, I felt supported, encouraged, energized with enthusiasm, and motivated to reopen that door to writing and I did it: I wrote a 260 page novel. In a month! I also like my novel AND the process I went through to writ it. The inner wins are many, the most astounding one being the phoenix-like rising-up within me of seemingly long-lost sparks of self-acknowledgment, gratitude, love for writing and my creativity, and the realization that I can believe again in writing. The door has reopened. How amazing that this organization can do what it does through silly things like authenticity, genuine concern, encouragement, and a reminder that we have a license to let ourselves be imperfect and simply enjoy our personal experience of creativity without judgment.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Nanowrimo novel writing month.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
simply desire that (1) the wonderful people running it to have more opportunities personally and professionally to increase their knowledge and overall wellness so they can continue to do their work from their best and healthiest selves; and (2) the organization engenders "a new norm" for how future, more enlightened and conscious businesses must exist and act for a more co-creative , responsible, compassionate humanity.
