NaNoWriMo: Is National Novel Writing Month a Literary Threat or Menace?

Now that the U.S. Presidential election is out of the way, it’s time to turn our collection attentions to the true purpose of November. No, not Thanksgiving. For hundreds of thousands of people around the world, November means National Novel Writing Month — or NaNoWriMo for short — and writing 50,000 words of their latest magnum opus by the beginning of December. For those who aren’t familiar with NaNoWriMo, the thinking behind it is actually fairly simple: Partici...