As I see it, the big takeaway from NaNo is not the output, but rather the discipline — training yourself to carve out the time every day to write, and experiencing the “rush” that you get when you give yourself that time. Eventually, you start to look forward to it, even crave it, and then you can’t live without it. (Which poses its own dangers, IMHO)

Taking the time to “just write” is the biggest hurdle for a lot of writers, myself included…