While the truncated Twitter feeds and Facebook status attacks ever shortening attention span, one of the University of Minnesota Group challenges this popular writing short. Twenty students participated in National Novel Writing month (NaNoWriMo) will write the novel really original in just 30 days.
Members of the Group was planning to write at least 50,000 words long, about f. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and Aldlous Huxley's "Brave New World." Since 1999, NaNoWriMo had challenged the authors to create their own universe in the pages of their word processors.
Founded in 1999 by Chris Baty, the event has grown from an initial 200,000 attendees only 21 years old. NaNoWriMo's website (NaNoWriMo.org) is the author of last year writing words of 2.8 billion for the event.
Eric Dolski, journalism and senior United Kingdom, founded the University as students determined craft fantasy novels.
"I want to get the story out there and the first few days are tough, but then as soon as I started actually writing I'm starting to really enjoy it and empathy and understanding of this character I created," said Dolski. "It is like you make the world your own. And that's a strong, fulfilling feeling good. "