While some are planning their turkey dinners or starting their Christmas shopping, an estimated 400,000 writers in 200 countries are attempting to finish a novel by the end of the month. November is National Novel Writing Month. The event began in 1999. It challenges people to write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days, Timothy Kim said in a press release. Kim is the organization’s editorial director. The National Novel Writing Month organization is calling 2014 the year of “Yo