加载中…11月——美国的全国小说写作月
(2012-11-05 14:31:22)
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从1999年开始的美国全国小说写作月起源于朋友间自发的力争在30天内写出5万字小说的挑战。如今，它作为每年11月举行的年度网上活动，吸引着大批希望圆作家之梦的人试显身手。
F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德（F. Scott Fitzgerald）用8年时间写出他的经典小说《夜色温柔》（Tender Is the Night），而一项网上活动——全国小说写作月（National Novel Writing Month，英文简称NaNoWriMo）——邀请渴望成为作家的人们在从11月1日至30日的30天内，完成一部5万字的小说。
全国小说写作月起始于1999年，发起人是旧金山湾区（San Francisco Bay Area )的自由职业作家克里斯·贝蒂(Chris Baty)，当时他向20位朋友发出挑战，要求每人在一个月之内写出一部小说。结果，有六个人实现了目标；这项活动也从此成为一项年度活动。今天，全国小说写作月活动由设在加里福尼亚州伯克利的非营利团体文学采光工作室(Office of Letters and Light)主持。
从寥寥数人发端的这项活动以星火燎原之势迅速扩展，去年的参与人数达256,618人，其中有36843人按时完成写作。全国小说写作月的宗旨是鼓励所有人——既包括娴熟的小说家，也包括业余作者——每天耕耘不辍。许多参与者表示，严格的时间期限是促使他们每天完成写作字数的一个强大动力。
虽然大多数人可能永远不会成为像斯蒂芬·金(Stephen King)那样的一流畅销作家（图中是他在为小说《穹顶之下》[Under the Dome]签名并与粉丝握手），但是他们基本一致认为，完成5万字小说是一个值得追求的目标。
根据联合国教科文组织（United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization）的统计，美国是世界上出书最多的国家。2010年，美国共出版32.8万部各类书籍。美国的识字率接近百分之百。
欲更多了解和参与全国小说写作月的活动，请光临其机构网站。
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/chinese/inbrief/2012/11/20121102138215.html#ixzz2BKM04vTX
November Is National Novel Writing Month
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National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a self-imposed challenge among friends to each write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Now an online writing project held annually in November, it attracts scores of aspiring authors who want to prove they've got what it takes to be a novelist.
F. Scott Fitzgerald took eight years to write his classic novel Tender Is the Night, but an online project known as National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo, for short) asks aspiring authors to write a 50,000-word novel during a span of 30 days, from November 1–30.
National Novel Writing Month was first held in 1999, when a San Francisco Bay Area freelance writer named Chris Baty challenged 20 friends to each write a novel in just one month. Six of them met that goal, and the writing project has been held annually ever since. Today, the Office of Letters and Light, a nonprofit organization based in Berkeley, California, oversees NaNoWriMo.
The project has grown exponentially from its modest beginnings, and last year 256,618 participants signed on, with 36,843 actually meeting the challenge. NaNoWriMo aims to encourage everyone, from seasoned novelists to amateurs, to write on a daily basis. The strict deadline is cited by many participants as a strong motivator to keep cranking out their daily word count.
While most participants never will attain the lofty status of best-selling authors such as Stephen King (seen here, greeting a fan while signing copies of his novel Under the Dome), they generally agree that completing a 50,000-word novel is a worthy objective.
The United States is the world’s most prolific book-publishing country, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. In 2010, more than 328,000 titles were published in the United States, a country with a literacy rate of nearly 100 percent.
To learn more about NaNoWriMo and to accept its challenge, visit the organization's website.
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/inbrief/2012/10/20121031138117.html#ixzz2BKM1NeHq
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