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NaNoWriMo is Just the Beginning

I slid by 50K yesterday, so I am an official winner. The novel isn't done yet, though. I'm happy about that, because the novels I like to read are considerably longer, so I hope to write something along the same lines.

So, my next goal is to get to 90,000 words by the end of December.  That is a stretch goal.  My fallback is 80,000 words. Do understand that I mean total words, in addition to the 50,000 I wrote this month.  So I'm really aiming to write around 1333 words a day to reach that goal.  My minimum daily target is 1000 words.

You may have noticed, I am goal oriented, and I also like numbers in my goals.  It's just the geek in me, I suppose.

If you've been following this blog at all, you are familiar with this trend of setting numerical goals.  But the problem is, I have a hard time with the follow-through. But I worked at the writing for a month. So I figure I've got a habit established now, and rather than raise the bar to something unrealistic, as is my usual pattern, I'm lowering it a little.  I do have a day job, or rather an evening one.  So this should be doable.

I also have the best sweetie in the whole wide world, who views my fiction endeavors as a permanent lifestyle change.  Yay.

Now I just need to start exercising and eating right and meditating again.  But first, I gotta go write.