Storyist Software
Storyist Software Has NaNoWriMo’s Back
— Helps Sponsor NaNoWriMo’s “Night of Writing Dangerously” Write-a-thon —
Sunnyvale, CA – October 19th, 2008 – Storyist Software, a developer of creative writing tools for Mac OS X, is proud to announce that it will again help sponsor National Novel Writing Month’s Night of Writing Dangerously, a write-a-thon that will take place on November 15, 2008, at SomArts Cultural Center in San Francisco.
The Night of Writing Dangerously brings together writers from across the country to raise money for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Attendees at the five-hour event enjoy food, drinks, prizes, writing challenges, and opportunities to socialize with other NaNoWriMo participants. They can even get a little writing done if they’re behind on their word count.
“Nation Novel Writing Month is an amazing event,“ says Steve Shepard, CEO of Storyist Software. “Ask anyone who participated in past events, and they’ll tell you it was one of the most rewarding things they did that year. The remarkable thing is that it doesn’t cost anything to take part. The Office of Letters and Light, the non-profit organization that runs the event, covers its costs through donations. And that is where we can help.”
As a sponsor of The Night of Writing Dangerously, Storyist Software is awarding a 32 GB iPod touch to one of the top three fundraisers, and will give each attendee a copy of Storyist version 1.5. This new version includes features developed specifically for NaNoWriMo, such as:
- Goal Tracking: Writers can set word-count or writing-time goals and track their progress.
- Automated Back-Up Support: Writers can let Storyist back up their novel automatically so they can focus on writing.
Storyist is compatible with Mac OS X v10.4 and higher. The download-only version is priced at $59.00 and a download + CD version is $69.00. Both are available through the company’s online store located at www.storyist.com/store. For more information and for a free two-week trial of Storyist 1.5, please visit www.storyist.com
About Storyist Software
Founded in 2003 by Silicon Valley veteran Steve Shepard, Storyist Software develops creative writing tools for Mac OS X that make the process of writing, editing and publishing as simple as possible – but no simpler. Storyist is a registered trademark of Storyist Software LLC.
About National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1, with the goal of writing a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved. In 2007, NaNoWriMo had over 100,000 participants nationwide. More than 15,000 of them crossed the 50K finish line by the midnight deadline, entering into the annals of NaNoWriMo superstardom forever. They started the month as auto mechanics, out-of-work actors, and middle school English teachers; they walked away novelists. For more information, please visit http://www.nanowrimo.org.
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