Or at least how I avoid having a mental breakdown during it.

I’ve participated in NaNo for — a lot of years now, under two different accounts. Both of my published books were actually born during NaNo. Some years, I was more successful than others, but every year I wrote all or most of the book I’d set out to write. And through those years of participating, I’ve figured out some tricks, ways to ensure I crossed the finish line at the end of November. These aren’t tricks to write X amount of w...