The Office of Letters and Light has a great blog post today offering thoughts and reasons for tackling NaNoWriMo even if you don’t think you can “win” by completing fifty thousand words in the thirty days that November offers.
First off, damn November for only having thirty days, right?
But as they say, even if you try to write more regularly or if you accomplish a small pile of words or if you write down the bones of a plot or think about some characters, you’re further ahead than if you hadn’t done anything. And although I suggested that not messing with a big guy with a big sword might be reason enough, the last reason Ari gives might be the best!