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.
[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.