NaNoWriMo stands for the National Novel Writing Month. Participants begins working towards writing a 50,000 word novel by the end of the month. There is one for for young writers: NaNoWriMo . The site connects you to other young writers, read pep talks from authors, find links to writing resources, and more. If the task of writing that many pages seems daunting or you aren't a writer, librarians and readers in the past have done what they dub NaNoReMo, where they pledge to read 1500 pages for the month.