Chris Baty, the young Canadian who started National Novel Writing Month was a procrastinator whose approach to novel writing was to 'stall as long as possible'. At one point, frustrated with his own inability to write, he took a month off work and rented a cottage in the country to produce a novel. Instead, he went for walks, he chopped wood, he picked wild strawberries (and made strawberry jam), he visited neighbours, he took photos. In fact, he did everything but write. That's kind of where I'm at....