No Plot? No Problem! talks about writing totems; how you wear a funny hat or some other thing to get you in the mood for writing, or to remind yourself of the commitment. Are you doing anything like that?
Personally, I have this ring that I wear on the middle finger of my left hand:
http://www.sampun.com/image_maker/rings/006_01.jpg
It has roman numerals one through twelve on it, to remind me of time. During NaNoWriMo, I'm going to switch it to the middle finger on my right hand, which is the hand that I write with. Call it a very elaborate string around my finger.
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NaNoWriMo 2007:
WHIZ-BANG FANTASTIC - 51,296 words (and counting!)
1,772 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 15 14
I have a sweater I got from an English teacher a very long time ago {it still fits me =-)}, a capuchin named Orson (after Orson Scott Card and his novel about a monkey "Lovelock") and a polar bear that I named Phil after Philip Pullman. If you've read these authors, you'll know why.
----------Novel: Re-in-carnation
Genre: fantasy
Word Count: 0/50,000
Gilbert Keith Chesterton - “A good novel tells us the truth about it's hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.”
50,008 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 16 52
Besides my Nano swag I have a special keyboard I only use for Nano
----------INCOHERENT FEET 2007 (won)
MORONIC HANDS 2006 (won)
RUDE HAIR 2005 (won)
50,027 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2007 - 20 29
What's so special about it? Just sentimental value, or is there a guilt monkey pen in it?
----------NaNoWriMo 2007:
WHIZ-BANG FANTASTIC - 51,296 words (and counting!)
8,940 / 50,000
Oct 11, 2007 - 11 34
I spend a lot of time in front of a keyboard, so I wanted to distinguish my normal computer time from my NaNo time (something I had a big problem with in past years). Therefore, I have ordered a pair of fancy satin opera gloves--the kind that make your arms feel worth a million bucks--and I'm going to wear them whenever I'm writing. I hope that they will serve as a reminder that I should be writing and not checking email, playing Sims, shopping on eBay, etc.
----------Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. -- Joseph Pulitzer
3,301 / 50,000
Oct 13, 2007 - 16 15
I bought a pair of boxer shorts last summer with Snoopy sitting on his doghouse typing away. I've been saving them for November. I'm also thinking of getting a hat of something else that is easier to put on and take off when I switch to surfing the net and other distractions.
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"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." - Charles DuBois