Write Now with Scrivener

Episode 19: Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of NaNoWriMo

Write Now with Scrivener

Show Notes

Grant Faulkner is executive director of National Novel Writing Month, where hundreds of thousands of people write novels during the month of November. He tells us about the amazing event that is NaNoWriMo, and how it brings together people around the world to write together.

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Grant Faulkner

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