Nanowrimo part 2

So now that I’ve complained about how Nanowrimo steals a month of your life away and you’d have to be CRAZY to want to sign up, another perspective, excerpted from my post over at Dailywritingtips:

Kickstart Your Writing With Nanowrimo

Nanowrimo teaches important writing habits that no fiction writer can afford to ignore:

1. Discipline: …Forcing yourself to write more is like the old story of the marathon runner training with weighted shoes…

2. Ignoring the internal editor: With a quota of four pages a day, you can’t afford to be a perfectionist…

3. Losing control: Many new authors try to control the plots of their stories and novels, resulting in deus ex machina situations, wooden characters, or unbelievable twists…Nanowrimo novels often stink, but participating is a wonderful way to practice the writing habits you need every day of the year.

Go check it out.