National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. The Challenge:  Set a word count goal and write a story during the month of November! Why do it? For 30 crazy, exciting, surprising days, you get to lock away your inner editor, let your imagination take over, and just create! Participants begin writing November 1 and must finish by 11:59 PM on November 30.

Here are some fun resources for NaNoWriMo writers...

Scholastic's Story Starters (ideas for your story)
Random Name Generator