: Re: Is NaNoWriMo necessarily a good thing? I'm well on my way to 50k but I feel like my story has not plot and is quite bad. I read somewhere that NaNo is awful for quality of writing.

It's important to understand what NaNoWriMo can and can't do.

In a way, NaNoWriMo is all about quantity, and not at all about quality. That's really important, because quantity is something a lot of writers really struggle with - sometimes without even realizing it.

Some of NaNoWriMo's big goals are:

Get yourself into the habit of writing consistently.
Demonstrate to yourself that you're able to write, and write a lot.
Get yourself used to the fact that not all your writing is good, and don't let that block you from writing.
Produce a substantial body of unpolished work, that you can later edit, rework, or rewrite entirely into a much-improved second draft.

These are the goals NaNoWriMo can offer you. If these are areas you want to work on, then NaNoWriMo is a great way to that (and to enjoy a ton of community support and encouragement while you're at it!). If that's not where you're having difficulty, if those aren't areas you want to spend effort to improve, then NaNoWriMo probably isn't the right tool for you.

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