The obsession with word count and how it's helping me to keep going.  The point of NaNoWriMo is not to generate quality, but quantity. And in typing away, you get to break through your conscious choices and explore what else is in your subconscious.  I'm certainly discovering a lot about my characters and I share this with you.  I share what I've discovered about my protagonist, also her fear that people have an advantage over her.  Today I used the timer.