[header] How to survive national novel writing month [title] Care about what you write. [step] Even if you don't hit your word count, having 40 , 000 words that are well written and don't need another month to edit is much better that getting stuck with 50 , 000 words that don't even make sense. [substeps] Speed is your friend. 
Time is your enemy, so type fast. As much as you want to slam the laptop down on the person who seems to write at the speed of light, don't.