[@WilsonTurner] - I'm flattered you'd want to! I do have a small flock of beta readers already, but if you'd really like to, we'll talk. :3 

[@RomanAria] - We're getting pretty deep into the event by now - you'd need to do more than 3300 words a day, if you started fresh today, to finish by the November 30 date. There's certainly [i]nothing[/i] stopping anyone from doing that, of course! The point of National Novel Writing Month is to be almost purely generative, so any word count that gets you toward your goal is valuable.

[i]However[/i], at least for me, another big, big part of NaNo has always been to simply get into the habit of writing every day, and it's useful to have the (ephemeral, unofficial, self-imposed) structure of the event to help with that. Charging toward the finish line so you can see the "50,000 word" banner on your NaNo username but getting there in a shamble of ruined nights, hair-pulling stress, and self-recrimination about not starting sooner, not outlining, outlining too much, or whatever, helps nobody. That kind of thing certainly doesn't help you feel like this was any fun, and we're [i]supposed[/i] to be doing this both as a challenge (with nearly zero stakes) and to have fun with ourselves, each other, and our ideas. There is no award for "Most Miserable National Novel Writing Month Participant," after all. 

What I'm saying is that if you want to try to get to the 50,000-word goal, by all means, do. But if you're looking for the spirit of what NaNo is meant to inspire, just start writing. Just open up a word processor, a notebook, pick up a tattoo needle or start arranging dead beetles in a language only you understand and start writing. Write a little every day, unconstrained by NaNo or anything else. If you write ten words in a day or ten thousand, they're all equally valid.