With the Internet, email and blogs like GalleyCat constantly clamoring for your attention, many National Novel Writing Month writers switch to the most popular distraction-free writing tool: writing by hand.

If you switch, you might want to meet fellow hand-writers at the NaNoWriMo handwriting support group.

This is our twenty-sixth NaNoWriMo Tip of the Day. As writers around the country join the writing marathon this month, we will share one piece of advice or writing tool to help you cope with this daunting project. (Photo via vignetfishnet)