The nano

I always shunned NaNoWriMo for reasons more to do with a dislike of organised events, team sports, and we're-all-in-this-togetherness than the idea of writing 50k words in a month outside of the other writing I do.

As it turns out, nano is an allegory for life.

All you need to turn out is 1.5k words a day, and let's face it, we can all do that. If you're struggling today, and you're pretty sure everything you've put down sucks, who cares? With this exercise, as in life, at some points the sheer act of writing trumps quality.

Sometimes, the act itself is all that matters.

If you ask me, more of those whiners endlessly complaining online about "the difficulties of writing" would do well to try nano and see what lengths they're actually willing to go to to write. If you claim to be a writer, and you can't manage 1.5k words a day, then, er, the writing's on the wall, chump. No pun intended.