What do you do when your hometown is dying - wheezing in the shadow of massive oil refineries spewing poison through parks and playgrounds around the clock? If you're Hilton Kelley, you get angry. Then you get smart - raising your voice, raising money, and raising awareness as one of the most effective, exciting activists of your generation.

In honor of National Novel Writing Month, writer Chris Baty lists three of his favorite ways to bust through writer's block.

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Billions suffer from it, but only one massively insecure writer has decided to race for the cure. Or, at least, hold a telethon.