Gauging and Disengaging

Work on my NaNoWriMo novel is going well. Just over 61,000 words thus far and I can't help shake the fact that I know it needs bolstering. It needs atmosphere and details, but this is the first draft. As my friend Dave is fond of saying, "ABC: Always be typing—we don't have time to get things right!" And that's true. I'm trying to get this book finished (initial draft) before the end of the month. Will it happen? I'm not sure. Will it happen before the end of the year? Probably.

As I look...