I did NaNoWriMo a few times, years back. It was fun, but the community was always woke/protowoke. Not a huge surprise, given that it's a "creative community," and one that appeals to the Redditor-types as well.
The concept is fine, but most of the people and the organization should be ignored, largely. If you want to write 50k words in a month, do it. Simple as. Everything outside of that is unnecessary bullshit.
I did NaNoWriMo a few times, years back. It was fun, but the community was always woke/protowoke. Not a huge surprise, given that it's a "creative community," and one that appeals to the Redditor-types as well.
The concept is fine, but most of the people and the organization should be ignored, largely. If you want to write 50k words in a month, do it. Simple as. Everything outside of that is unnecessary bullshit.