A Writer Against NaNoWriMo

[browngirl]

So, Alma A. Hromic, a writer, has written an article condemning NaNoWriMo and its participants, which can be read here: http://www.swans.com/library/art8/aah032.html

I have to admit, I was a bit worried about reactions like this one, because I have friends who write for a living, friends who have written for years and years, and I worried about seeming to trivialize their vocation and livelihood. What do people think of her take on NaNoWriMo, not least you, my friends on LJ who are writers?

Comments

[maedbh7.livejournal.com]

The thing is, the NaNoWriMo folks state up front first thing, if you want to be taken seriously in your craft, don't do NaNoWriMo. If Hromi The Humorless wants to be taken seriously in her craft, then she shouldn't be involved in NNWM, at which point it's rather silly for her to get up in arms in this fashion about NNWM.

On the other hand, she has a point about serious novelists being trivialized throughtout the NNWM FAQs. And while I think the trivialization was meant in good humor, it's still in poor taste. Thus, the NNWM folks should consider rewording their faqs.

As to serious writers not being welcome to participate...yes, I see that the FAQ says that. I'm still 100% certain that if Steven King chose to write 50,000 words and submit them, noone would turn him down. -H...