My Nonprofit Reviews
yecarth
Review for National Novel Writing Month, Berkeley, CA, USA
Writing is a lonely activity, but NaNoWriMo gives writers the opportunity to be part of a larger writing community, if only virtually. Being able to see that other writers have the same frustrations and setbacks as you do helps you as a writer to push past the tough stuff, work out the bad ideas and keep going forward with our writing. I'm a published author, and I still find the program incredibly helpful to me. What I particularly like is the Young Writers Program that helps kids to put their stories into words. This is something that teachers find incredibly difficult to teach to students, and this does it in an environment that is fun and friendly, and gives those technologically savvy kids a way to connect online in a writing community. I hope that NaNoWriMo lives on for a long, long time, and I look forward to participating for many more years.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Both years that I've participated in NaNoWriMo, I have been able to write a draft of a novel. This is important in furthering my writing career. The ease of communicating with participants online and locally makes getting this enormous task accomplished that much easier.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I wouldn't. I think they're great. I wish I was able to donate more money to them to help with funding.
