So November is here, and we all know what that means: National Novel Writing Month. If you're a follower of writers and writer blogs, you've no doubt heard of this phenomenon. If you haven't heard of it, it's basically where you commit to writing 50,000 words in 30 days.

Wow, that sounds like a lot doesn't it? 50,000 words? Wowza! But not really.

Here's the thing: 50,000 words divided by 30 = 1666ish words a day. Now, assuming each manuscript formatted page is about 250 words, you're only...