By: Melissa Berman
Although linguistics and math senior Hannah Cassel writes novels in her free time, November is special — it’s National Novel Writing Month.
She’s one of many University of Minnesota students and faculty taking on the national challenge to complete a 50,000-word novel during the month of November.
“Sometimes I wonder if I’m getting too old for this. I think, ‘I’m a grown-up writer. I don’t need someone to tell me what to write,’” she said, “but it’s hard to resist.”