So I have a lot online friends participating in National Novel Writing Month this year. Not many people I know that live in my area are writers, so it’s fun to actually have some support from buddies this year. I’ve met quite a few on Twitter through the use of the #NaNoWriMo hashtag. Of course, a lot I’ve met via other hashtags are participating as well. Such as #wordathon or #amwriting.

What does NaNoWriMo mean to me? Probably not what it does to some other people. I’ve participated for a few years. Only the first year did I feel I needed to attempt exactly what they suggested. For anyone who doesn’t know, the idea is to write a novel in November. 50,000 words in 30 days. I did it, I proved that I could make myself write.

Since then, I’ve had other goals and objectives surrounding NaNoWriMo. I always try for 50,000 words still, but I care less about what exactly they go toward. I write every day. In November I’m already working on whatever latest novel I’m writing. This year it happens to be my assassin novel. That basically means I don’t ever want to start a new project just because it’s November. Instead, I pretend I’m a big-shot author and I try for more words every day than I would otherwise. I always try to write 750 words a day. Often times I go over that, but that’s my daily goal. NaNoWriMo just gives me the opportunity to try for more.

What are your NaNo goals? Are you one of those crazy types that scoffs at 50K words and tries to go for 100K? Or do you barely get away with the roughly 1700 words a day?