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"Draft Zero is exactly right.\r\nIt was only after finishing my first NaNo last year that I realised how much work needed to be done on my novel just to get it to the first draft stage. \r\nNaNo is a great way of testing a story for strengths and weaknesses before putting in the real work of knocking it all down and rebuilding it.\r\nStarting out with that in your mind might also help to avoid feeling like a loser when you review your work each day. Yes you might be writing drivel, but your only testing and pushing things.\r\nBest of all, you'll prove to yourself that you can do it. So doing it again with a new story at ANY time of year becomes less ominous.\r\n\r\nGood luck to all who are taking part."
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