From NaNoWriMo Site

topic posted Tue, October 31, 2006 - 4:49 PM by  roblef
A: There are three important parts of a NaNoWriMo novel.

1. Padding.
1. Description.
1. Dialogue.
1. Extra padding.
1. Dares. (Someone please put in a tiny alien called Mistress Girly!)1. Soundtracks!
1. Lyrics.
1. Quotes.
1. Mr. Ian Woon (or variants; mine is Moira Wonn).
1. A trebuchet.
1. Sitting up straight.

Wait, that's three... four... five... six... seven... eight... nine... ten... ELEVEN things. You can always count on NaNoWriMo to exceed expectations! (Yes, there's a reason all of them are numbered 1.)

Add in desperation, determination, motivation, luck, idiocy and insanity in various amounts and through sheer force of will, success is inevitable. Or was that failure? One of the two.

My point is, this is the recipe for pounding out 50,000 words in less than 2 days. In fact, I have 1 day, sixteen hours to do it. At least three more hours if I win on the point that it must be Day 2 in all of America. (Woohoo for time zones and being an Aussie.)

"To anyone who knows a writer, never underestimate the power of your encouragement." -Matthew Reilly.

You're my butterfly... Butterfly, Delta Goodrem.

And yes, I padded this response. Pad your novel.
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roblef

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