Well, I got brave (or silly) and did sign up for this year's NaNoWriMo and I can't wait to get started! I've been thinking about it, mentally planning for a month two and while I don't have a plot yet, I have a good idea about who the core characters will be and the main location. In case I get stuck for what to write, my plan is to put a bunch of important life events each on a separate bit of paper and put them all in a hat; when I hit a wall I'll draw one at random and write that event into at least one of the characters' lives. One other thing I'll probably do ahead of time is to choose names for the main characters. Maybe I'll even set up an auto-correction for their initials (unless that's cheating, but it won't boost the word count, just change e.g. "jo" to "Joseph").

Okay, who else is up for it this year??