The writing sprint is a good indicator of how long it will take you to write the target of 1667 words per day to complete NaNo on time. Using the write or die program is how all the writing sprints are scored in November for the sprint writer's group. As you complete the day 8 assignment, you will be writing in sprint mode so see how many words you can write in 15 minutes. It's a great way to boost your word count in November and you can set up the program to be extra motivational- if you set it on strict, it will start erasing you words so you don't sit and look at a blank screen too long. I find that much too frustrating, but I get the concept- sometimes I'm jsut like a bug and jsut sit and stare at the beautiful whiteness of the screen for much longer than I should.

Hope that helps!

~Robin