I know! This year has been an absolute whirl. I'm almost thankful for the winter coming because hopefully things can slow down a bit now.

Going into NaNo with a plan seems like the best way to do it. The only time I was successful with it was in finishing a novel I had already started and knew what was going to happen in each chapter. Well, I also had one year where I wrote 50K starting from the beginning with no plan, but it was absolute drivel and I ended up throwing it out.

I hope it works for at least getting you writing again. It might break through whatever block is troubling you, at least :)