Thought this story from today's Boston Globe was quite interesting about a yearly contest where you write about 1666 words a day in order to essentially write a novel in one month!
http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2013/11/22/nanowrimo-words-bust/Z19x4k3cKn6wdQtVCRCDkK/story.html?s_campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline