I remembered what it was like to work hard.

Janice Erlbaum, who has been on a deliberate self-imposed internet hiatus for the past few months, has written an interesting post about her experiences with NaNoWriMo.

I also learned how much you can write in an hour, as long as you don’t go back and reread and try to polish things. I used to think, what’s the point, I only have an hour between appointments, I’ll skip the office today. Now I know, I can write three pages in an hour. I also know that I can get up an hour earlier in the morning if I have to, that I can stay up an hour later. I remembered what it was like to work hard.

Makes me rethink boycotting the event each year.