The Middle of NaNoWriMo: Halfway point pep talk

My fellow novelists, we need to take a moment. It's November 15th which is, of course, the exact middle of National Novel Writing Month.

I want to take a moment to personally congratulate each and every one of you for making it this far. Remember the curse of Week Two I talked about last week? It really separates out the people who are serious about this promise they've made to themselves to write a novel in a month and those that aren't. Week Two eats the weak.

I'm not going to sugar coat it, ...