“All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney

When I look back on the things that are truly memorable to me, I find they’re often things I did when there were sane, sensible reasons not to do them — but I made the leap anyway. That’s what NaNoWriMo is about for many of us; it’s following our dreams. Putting words down on a page can be scary; for me, the idea of not putting those words down is a scarier one.

(Then there’s submitting — but we’ll talk about that after November is done.)