NaNoWriMo (And why I'm not doing it)

Since sometime in high school (whenever my friend Symone told me about it, I can't remember what year) I've participated in NaNoWriMo. Most times I've failed. I've won a couple of years, but I consider those moot as I've been working on the Factions series since sometime in 2008, meaning I'm basically just writing different forms of the same story.

I thought about doing NaNo this year. It is the only thing I can explain as a sporting event for authors. It becomes a bit of a competition (friend...