November 1st marks the beginning of National Playwriting Month, or NaPlWriMo for short. The idea is to write a whole play (75 pages at least) before the month is over.
NaPlWriMo was created in 2006 by Seattle based theatre artist, Dorothy Lemoult and started with a mere 20 participants. Apparently everyone had so much fun participating that last year on November 1st the site crashed. Well, rest assured, the NaPlWriMo is back and better than ever with a beefed up website ready for writers to take on the challenge of writing a play in a month.
Now, I for one, have never written a full-length play in 30 days. The challenge scares me. But isn't that the point of taking on a challenge. To scare yourself a little, push yourself a lot and rise to the occassion.
You don't have to be a seasoned professional to participate. You don't even have to have any previous playwriting experience. Passion will be a must in order to see you through and there are a few simple rules. Like, start on the 1st, end on the 30th, check in each week by Sunday, follow standard playwriting formats - simple stuff really.
So, if you don't have anything else to do this month... I mean, besides voting, dealing with relatives at Thanksgiving, watching college football, etc.... consider writing a play!
To sign NOW up for FREE visit naplwrimo.org.
