5 productive writing things to do while waiting for National Novel Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo) to start

I don't know about you but there are still 30 minutes left to go before National Novel Writing Month starts in my neck of the woods and for some time zones there are many hours left before the starting pistol. But instead of sitting here chomping at the bit like lunatics, here are five useful things you can do in this time before you are allowed to start writing. Pick out character names. Remember how I said not to bother naming your characters? Well that was because it's a waste of time...