With all due respect to the Camp NaNoers...

[guardians_song]

[I am definitely not doing it this year - too many other things on my plate. If these predictions turns out to be accurate, I will pretend that I knew what I was doing from the start. :B]
My predictions for the hypothetical a_random_member:

Day 1: Yay! Everything is fresh and early, and I've got so many ideas! This is awesome!
Day 7: Blergh... Well, even if the plotbunnies are taking a rest, I can at least pad it out. Onto the next week!
Day 8: I'm seriously considering quitting...
Day 10: I have nothing to worry about! I'm a bit behind, but I can make it up later!
Day 14: Real life forced me to slow down... but I'll make it up! I'll have 46K more words before I know it!
Day 18: Awshootawshootawshoot only twelve days left awshoot
Day 20: GAAAAH 10 DAYS AND 38K WORDS HELP
Day 21: I... just have to use discipline, yeah...
Day 23: Can I give up on this for this year? No? ...D:
Day 25: I'M CONVERTING TO CATHOLICISM
Day 25.5: ISLAM
Day 25.75: JUDAISM
Day 25.90: BUDDHISM
Day 25.99: ANY RELIGION THAT WORKS!!!
Day 25.999: BADFICCERISM!
Day 26: Ahahaha... aha... aha... don't mind me. Just panicking there. But I still have a bit of time left, and I've freed up all my obligations. Time to bear down.
Day 27: Three days, 25K words, and a hell of a lot of caffeine. I can do this. *knocks back coffee*
Day 27.5: Need... to concentrate... need... more coffee...
Day 27.9: I AM FLOATING THROUGH TIME AND SPACE; EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL; I LIKE SEMICOLONS; DON'T YOU? 8DDDDDDDD
Day 28: ...Well, 20K words left and two days. And I only wrote 30 sentences during the last twenty-four hour interval. Holy crud, those were some impressive run-ons. *starts slurping caffeinated drinks with two straws*
Day 28.2: SAN levels dropping. Have not slept in two days. Pictures on wall beginning to move in my peripheral vision. Must focus.
Day 28.6: Debating as to whether "destruction of the rules of logic and causality" are really legitimate excuses for plot holes.
Day 28.61: Disregard that, I'm not CLAMP.
Day 28.62: But these voices in my head say they are. Hmm.
Day 28.9: Sleep is overrated. It is the poison keeping me from becoming a sky goddess. *buries face in cooled coffee pot*
Day 29: The doorknob has revealed itself to me as my main character. I have thanked it for its inspiration and guidance. I could never have made it this far without you, doorknob.
Day 29.4: Sex sells, right? Even if it's doorknob/slipper sex?
Day 29.5: For that extra daring edge, I've added bondage with earbud cords and a threesome with a hot water bottle. How very Fifty Shades of Grey.
Day 29.8929201: Wait, I was supposed to be writing high fantasy with an esoteric philosophical edge? ****!
Day 0rf3.eee: I HAVE TRANSCENDED TIME AND SPACE. I DENY YOUR MORTAL CONCEPTIONS OF TIME. I - ****, I'm out of caffeine?!
Day ??????: Just... finished... barely... b... efore... midnight... Must... sleep...
Hi, guys! :D Sorry about that, just got out of bed. How exciting! I feel really accomplished! How long was I out? Just a few hours, I bet. Anyway! Sorry about that, it's time to get back to work...  - May 3rd

Comments

[redwoodalchan]

Aaaand this is why I don't do NaNo. If I'm really the type to stick with a novel-length project I shouldn't need it, and if I try I'll probably end up writing a sloppy mess.

Besides, NaNo leads to "Mills College Anime Club" among other things.

[guardians_song]

To be fair, terminal idiocy can only come to life if it was already within the person...

But yes. 'Sloppy mess' is probably true of more NaNos than people would be willing to admit. :P