Fiction Writing

Participant Abi Van Den Berg and friend. Ever wanted to write a novel, but never quite found the impetus? NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), beginning on 1 November, encourages participants to hammer out 50,000 words in one month. Plenty of London venues are helping out. Writing is allegedly a solitary occupation, conjuring up images of beleaguered authors locked in garret rooms, surviving on coffee and shunning the world to...