Dear reader,

Ahhh… November. “Novel November” as many writers call it. This month is known for its many writing challenges, encouraging aspiring authors to reach a target word count. The concept originated from NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), which tasked writers around the world to complete a 50,000-word novel in thirty days.

The original NaNoWriMo is now defunct, but NaNo 2.0 and other challenges such as the Rough Draft Challenge have sprung up to fill...