November's Insane - Now Try Adding 50,000 Words to the Mix

So as November approaches I look at my schedule and wonder. November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) where if you join in you have to write a novel in one month, or 50,000 words. I have taken part in NaNoWriMo a few times over the past years and was debating trying it this year too.

Looking at my schedule though, I do wonder if I could handle it. I have recently started college classes and I'm also working at the Dollar Tree still. Also that month is so busy for me. The first weekend is our conference, and later in the month we have Thanksgiving - also if it works out reading my first chapter this Friday, the next writers group meeting is November 11th. So a pretty slammed month as it is...could I also squeeze in 50,000 words of my story.

And then I say...what if I could? I would finish book one of my trilogy and give me another boost to keep writing. Also then I think (with my head in the skies!) that if I wrote the rough draft in November - during the month of December I could rewrite and hopefully have my first book completely done and ready to share by the new year. This of course is bit of a stretch but I do dream all the same.

So I wonder if it is worth the risk and stress to try and squeeze those 50,000 words into November. I could majorly fail...but I could also succeed...it would just be a very hectic, insane month.