NANOWRIMO: Fun Scenes First

I am rewriting Blessed to Kill this month as a part of the NANOWRIMO project. Last week I began with a goal to write 2000 words a day. I met that goal two days this week, so I have catching up to do. One thing that I realized yesterday that I had forgotten and should have done sooner was write my fun scenes first.

Why write fun scenes of your novel first?

1. It gets your juices going.
2. You can write them very quickly.
3. You can map out the novel at the same time in the manuscript.
4. You can build pathos by making sure that her highest high has an equal lowest low.
5. You can build up the courage to let her suffer.

What other reasons should you write the fun scenes first?

And how are you coming along with NANOWRIMO?