Deanna Roy, a photographer and writer in Austin, Texas, and National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) participant, sent in these amazing photos and the commentary that follows from a nature write-in she organized for this year's National Novel Writing Month. These writers are among 300 or so Austinites who are posting word counts with headquarters. At the time of this 2007 write-in, Austin was ranked 17th in the world.
Down the short hiking path to the hidden waterfall, the breeze picked up a chill from the water, reminding us that despite recent 80-degree days, we were indeed noveling in November. A few writers shivered, but most of us pulled on our hoodies, exhilarated just to be outdoors with our books-in-progress.
Two of us were writing scenes that took place out in nature, so we
eagerly listened to the calls of birds and the errant splash of a frog
among the rocks in the shallow parts of Bull Creek. We captured every
tiny detail to shamelessly pad our word counts, as is necessary when
writing 1,667 words per day to make the goal.
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