The Vox Box

Fri., Oct. 24, 2008

NaNoWriMo!

In just eight short days, authors everywhere will forgo contractions in favor of unnecessary adjectives and prepositional phrases. You know what that means? Yep. It's National Novel Writing Month again.

Once a year, writers worldwide (despite the fact that the event is titled "National") attempt to cram 50,000 words in the 30 days of November (roughly 1,667 words a day, or a little over three pages). I just barely succeeded last year and hope to make it again this year (which is why I've been pre-writing instead of paying attention in class all this week).

Has anyone else participated in NaNoWriMo before? Anyone interested in joining me in my annual bout of insanity?

Posted Oct. 24, 2008, 7:13 p.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.