NaNoWriMo

In case you missed it November was National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The organizers of NaNoWriMo encourage aspiring writers to produce a 50,000-word novel by the end of the month by committing to a daily word count "without worrying about quality". Author Mur Lafferty:

"Even if you write complete garbage that you don't keep, you are still learning what doesn't work."

As readers of this humble journal can attest, the "complete garbage" part is covered. How long does it take to find out what works? It's been sixteen years....