I firmly believe in preparing for NaNoWriMo, and two years ago I did a series on how to prepare for Operation Awesome. If you're thinking about giving NaNoWriMo a try this year, I suggest checking it out: https://operationawesome6.blogspot.com/p/national-novel-writing-month.html
Do you already have a project ready to go for NaNoWriMo 2017? Tell me about it in the comments! And if you want to add me as a writing buddy, my username is karareynolds.