Lin Frye

Lin Frye

I’ve been journaling and art journaling for over 20 years. I find NaJoWriMo helpful when I’m stumped about what to write, how to dig deeper, and how to face issues I may have avoided — it helps me grow. THANK YOU SO MUCH, NAJOWRIMO — you’ve helped me...

Heather Rose

I’ve been journaling for a year, fairly consistently and completed NaJoWriMo in July.  I couldn’t wait for October to commence and have already completed 500 words today. I am learning so much about myself from journaling; thanks for your support and...

Jo Ann J.A. Jordan

Commit yourself to writing something every day for thirty-day days. It will help you grow as a writer and give you material to work from in the future. Use your creativity to make something wonderful. Get busy, right!

NaJoWriMo participant

I like the idea of using NaJoWriMo as a month long exercise to get more in depth on a specific topic, whether it be spiritual or educational pursuits.

NaJoWriMo participant

I love NaJoWriMo! I don’t comment here very often and I don’t have a twitter to tweet about it but I absolutely adore the idea behind it. I wouldn’t even mind if this was a month-long event every month. Prompts are very thoughtful and inspirational and get me thinking...

Susan

Hi everyone. My name is Susan. I live in a beautiful, small seaside town called Westgate-on-Sea, Kent UK. I have been writing for around 10 years. Mainly short stories so far, which are so far, unpublished. I am always looking for ways to improve and maintain a...

Kat

Without any exaggeration, I’ve been journaling ever since I learned how to write. I wish I had kept all of those journals but I still have a lot of them. For me it’s a traditional pen and paper. I used an online blogging platform (don’t want to...

Glynda

NaJoWriMo–what an excellent idea! Thanks, Bakari! Although I’ve journaled off & on for decades, this will be my first guided experience of doing it with prompts. Love the thought-provoking first day prompt! Looking forward to the rest of...

Priya Bhowal

It feels great to join NaJoWriMo. It’s the first time I’m journaling. But the theme [Creativity for Personal Growth] is making me realise that I’m not that creative. But still I continue to write on it. I’m using my WordPress blog to write my...
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