A lot of popular advice for writers spends quite a bit of time addressing some of the negatives: the obstacles, writer’s block, distractions, perfectionism/the Inner Critic, distrust of self.
In the case of NaNoWriMo, though, depending on how aggressively you’re pursuing it, you can’t spend all your time helping Eeyore find his tail, as it were. You have places to create and people to meet and plot points to settle, so learning how to face those common obstacles is important, constructive, and time well spent.
HOWEVER, it’s not all doom and gloom! There are wonderful parts about being a writer, and we don’t spend near enough time celebrating them.
So here’s my story to get things started.
My Writing Coach 