Indeed, rapidly isn’t the opposite of badly. But it’s not an excuse for it, either. You’ll get to the end of the month and say “yeah, it’s crap/not even long enough and therefore doesn’t even satisfy my own criterion for success, but I did it fast, so that’s okay”. Why not do something well and be proud of it rather than do it quickly as an excuse?

And don’t think I’m protesting through non-participation: the reason I’m not participating is because the end result will be, in my opinion, utterly devoid of worth! As a pattern-matching human myself, I can see the appeal, but think it would be a colossal misuse of resources.

And you really shouldn’t waste at least two hours an evening on average just to help others in their capacity as NaNoWriMoers!

However, it appears that in my small mission to allow you all to do two hours more good a day than you will do given that you’re NaNoWriMoing, I have failed. I know you’ll all say that you’d only have spent the time watching TV, but there’s still opportunity to embrace another November Target which will, if chosen well, be more useful, more original and equally challenging. Let’s hope that in that last sentence I haven’t spawned a new breed of new year’s resolution.