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"I am right now turning my 2nd NaNovel into a real novel. In three weeks I will begin my 6th NaNoWriMo. I have to say I'm delighted to see such a fair treatment of NaNo here. I adore NaNo and look forward to it all year--it's my excuse to stop editing all that backlog and write yet another messy draft that will need editing.\r\n\r\nI don't have much to add to the discussion, but I did want to say take the NaNo site as much of it was meant--as a joke. It may not be obvious to persons new to the site, but I can say as someone who has been reading Chris Baty's pep talks and updates for a pretty long time--the \"sneer at real novelists\" thing is not serious. If it were, that would be especially embarrassing seeing how Chris has, after founding NaNo and pouring more than a decade into it (each of those years he also participated!), now moved on to be one of those \"real\" writers himself."
<http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/10/04/25-things-you-should-know-about-nanowrimo/?replytocom=349426>