Okay, people. Let's get this straight, shall we? Maybe I know this instinctively because I prefer writing pieces by hand, but let me remind you of something fairly important as we approach NaNo at lightning speeds.
Even if you decide to type most of your NaNo novel, you ARE allowed to write some of it by hand and type it in later!! There's absolutely no rule out there that says you can't do this. You might worry that you might "edit" it as you type it in. If you can do that, then you're over-thinking your book in the first place. Just get it typed in and use that momentum to keep going. It's not near as difficult as everyone is trying to make it be. If anything else, that section might contain the most typos if you're a touch-typist. lol You're not looking at the screen, you're looking at your paper, so you're not catching the errors as you type them in. When it's typed in, do NOT go back and read it! Just keep going!
I wanted to point this out because I keep seeing on the boards stuff like, "I can't write between my classes because my laptop is breaking down..." or "I can't write while on the train because I only have a desktop computer..." or... The excuse list goes on and on. Right. Last time I checked, pen and paper are portable and require no electricity outside of light to see what you're doing. If you start writing the wrong word, or you misspell it, to heck with the delete key or being able to go back and correct it. Scribble it out and put in the right word!
And yes! This is almost a pet peeve. People stress too much over making it "pretty and neat." This is NANO!!! There is no nice and neat. There is only getting it down in paper and/or digital form and keep going. The biggest part of the battle is writing it. You can fix it later if it's worth it. And later means December, not November.
Okay. I feel better now. I'm going to go and work on brainstorming my story, which! I'm doing by hand using pen and paper. lol
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