Write your novel this November.
NaNoWriMo closed, but the challenge didn't. Write 1,667 words a day in live online writing sessions, on camera next to other people who keep you motivated.
Join 672+ writers. Members have finished a 200,000-word draft, an award-finalist memoir and an Audible Original here.
Special offer for National Novel Writing Month: sign up any time through November 30 and get 30 days free.
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What happened to NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo closed. November writing didn't.
NaNoWriMo, the nonprofit behind National Novel Writing Month, announced in March 2025 that it was shutting down, after years of financial trouble. Writers kept going anyway: community-run November challenges carried on in 2025.
What made it work is still easy to get: a goal, a deadline, and other people writing at the same time. That's what a Flow Club session is. 50,000 words in 30 days is about 1,667 words a day.
Book a writing session freeYour November plan
One session a day. 1,667 words at a time.
Pick a time you can keep, book it every day, and let the people on camera keep you honest. Nobody reads your pages. You just write them.
Study · Singapore Management University, 2025
Most participants in a university library's weekly write-in sessions said the most valuable part was dedicated, distraction-free writing time.
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Book a session to write
Pick a live session from 30 minutes to 3 hours, at a time you can keep each day. It goes on your calendar, so there's a time you show up.
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Say your word goal
Share one goal with the host at the start. “1,667 words.” “Finish chapter 3.” Nobody asks what the novel is about.
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Write, cameras on
Everyone mutes and works intentionally alongside you, and you draft off other people's energy. At the end, share your word count, even if it's half.
Written in Flow Club
What will you write this November?
Tap a project to see what a member wrote.
TV episode
How to Die Alone
Memoir
The Manicurist's Daughter
Audiobook
It Happened One Heist
Defended.
Dissertation
A PhD, defended
Essay
Published in HuffPost
200,000 words
Manuscript
A 200,000-word draft
Next book
Laura McKowen's book three
TV episode · Hulu
Marquita wrote “Trust No One,” an episode of Natasha Rothwell's Hulu comedy. 91% of critics' reviews were positive, and the episode won an NAACP Image Award for its directing.
Marquita J. Robinson
TV writer · Note to Flow Club
Memoir
Susan Lieu's memoir about her mother's death after a botched cosmetic surgery. A Smithsonian best book of the year and a Washington State Book Award finalist.
Susan Lieu
In Smithsonian Magazine
Audible Original
A full-cast heist adventure led by Amber Riley. 4.4 stars from 951 Audible ratings.
Shenee Howard
Note to Flow Club
Dissertation
Kasia, a protein science researcher, finished her PhD.
Kasia
Note to Flow Club
Personal essay · HuffPost
Marika wrote about her son's ADHD-linked rages and how she learned to respond.
Marika Páez Wiesen
Note to Flow Club
Book manuscript
Pippa is a work-from-home writer who runs her own author business.
Pippa Kennedy
Note to Flow Club
Bestselling memoirist · Book three
Author of We Are the Luckiest and Push Off From Here. She logs her writing time for book three in Flow Club.
Laura McKowen
Her newsletter
Who's in the room
672+ writers have joined our Writers club.
Novelists, screenwriters, playwrights, poets, journalists, PhD students and newsletter writers, in every time zone. Here are a few of the writers who host sessions.
Screenwriter · Flow Club host
Annabel Oakes
Created Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies for Paramount+. She has also written for Transparent, Atypical and Awkward.
“Flow Club helps me avoid the siren call of internet scrolling and keeps me honest when it comes to my fatal work flaw: tinkering.”
Novelist · Flow Club host
Naomi Alderman
Her novel The Power won the Women's Prize for Fiction and became a Prime Video series. Her new novel, The Strangers, came out in September 2026.
Joy
Author, writing her third book
London
Angelina
Novelist, on her second novel
Pittsburgh
Nehprii
Playwright and stage director
Brooklyn
Jeannine
Finishing her PhD thesis
British Columbia
Kay
Editing her book manuscript
Illinois
Rishani
Writer and filmmaker
Sydney
Charlie
Writing his first novel
California
Mina
Academic and author
New York
Amy
Journalist with a novel to finish
UK
Liz
Wrote her PhD thesis here
Norway
Kah
Illustrating her fifth kids' book
Philadelphia
Kat
Book coach and fiction editor
Portland
Lacey
Designer, writing a book
Richmond
Natasha
Full-time writer and artist
Montreal
Christy
Writer and speaker
Phoenix
Danielle
Writing a book
New York
Hid
Lifestyle journalist
Singapore
Sieran
Psychotherapist and writer
Toronto
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Questions writers ask
Before you book
Is this NaNoWriMo?
No. NaNoWriMo, the nonprofit, closed in 2025. This is a way to keep the November habit: a daily writing goal, a set time, and other people writing alongside you.
Can I write only with other writers?
Yes. Some hosts run writing-themed sessions, and you can favorite writer hosts to find their sessions first. Most sessions mix writers with people doing other focused work, which works just as well for getting words down.
Do I have to write 50,000 words?
No. Set any goal you like: 500 words a day, a finished draft, or one revised chapter. Nobody checks your count but you.
Will the other people be writers?
Some will be! Sessions are open to all members, who work on all kinds of things. You don't need others to be writing at the same time. You just need them there, working next to you to keep you feeling supported.
Do I have to talk or be on camera?
You say one sentence at the start and one at the end. Camera on helps you feel more accountable, but it's your call. Chat-only sessions are there for when you'd rather type instead of speak.
When should I sign up?
Any time from now through November 30. To celebrate National Novel Writing Month, everyone who signs up by then gets 30 days free.
What does it cost?
Sign up by November 30 and your first 30 days are free, with no credit card. That's our special offer for National Novel Writing Month. After that it's $40 a month or $400 a year, and you only pay if you choose a plan. Full-time students and nonprofit workers get 50% off.
What if I only have 30 minutes?
Book a 30-minute session. It's enough time to get a page down, and an easy way to try Flow Club.
Your novel starts with one session.
Book a session, set your word goal, and write while other people work next to you.
Book a writing session free30 days free when you sign up by November 30. No credit card needed.