In the 17 years that I have participated in National Novel Writing Month, I have always stuck to the 50000 word goal, even though none of my manuscripts have ever been finished at that count. This year, I want to finish a manuscript draft, which means going after 90000 words total. That is never going to happen in one month, so I’m giving myself until December 31st to do it. My actual goal for November is 54000, which I’ve done before and think I can do again. The real challenge will be doing another 36000 in December. I have done 30000+ words in a month before, but never on the heels of NaNoWriMo. Also, my Decembers tend to be busier than my Novembers, adding even more to the difficulty level of this endeavor. But I want to see if I can do it, so I’m going to go after that daunting number 90000 and see what happens!