Your story is longer, both literally and figuratively, than you think it is. #NaNoPrep (NaNoWriMo What to Expect series)

Your story won’t be the length you think it is.

At some point over the course of the month, 50,000 words is going to feel like an impossible amount to write, every word like drawing blood. There are also going to be days when you’re sitting there saying, “I really only have to write 50,000 words? That’s it?” because your writing that day is going so well, you churn out 10,000 words in a single sitting. You’ll also invariably realize that, your story is not exactly 50,000 words long, few stories are. You’ll be forced to decide what’s more important to you: the somewhat arbitrary goal of 50,000 words or finishing the book by the end of the month. Will that mean stepping up your game and working even harder or coming to terms with having a finished story but falling short of the word count goal?