1. Writing Time
When I start up my next semester of college, I will have no morning classes. I have found that I love writing in the morning, whether the sun is just coming up, or it's quiet and almost serene. Thankfully, my roommate will need to be on campus in the morning, so she can give me a ride to my favorite writing spot.
Update: Turns out, she's not going to be here very often. So I'll have to take the bus. ...Maybe I'll just work at my apartment some mornings?

So, for my time to write, it's around 8-8:30am. (Though I might get more writing done later in the day, this is going to remain constant.)

2. Habit and Goal
Since I'll be writing in the morning, the habit I can do right before writing would probably be walking across campus to my writing spot. A little exercise can help wake me up just enough to get the creativity flowing.

Update: Some days I might be at my apartment, so a habit for those times would be to go through my morning routine, usually ending with breakfast.

And then, the goal. In a good session, I can probably get 1k done in just under an hour, but I know that won't always happen, but I want to reach for that each time. I am a little apprehensive of the quality of writing I'll end up with (I dread revising.) but I keep reminding myself that it's a first draft. It's supposed to be a little messy, right?

Update: Also, there may be some days that I will need to work on characters, setting, plot, or just any world building stuffs. So, those days. I want to just get progress on what I plan to get done that day. ...I guess.

3. Workspace
Well, don't have a writing workspace, yet. Uhh... I will have a desk in my dorm, and then there's the coffee shop I frequent (mentioned above, just not by name). I'll try to get a picture on here once I get it situated, but I may forget.

Update: Hey! I didn't forget. Here's a (fuzzy, I know) picture of my 'writing spot'. But, and I just realized this now, I may not sit at that desk all the time. I found the couch right behind it to be more open and useful. But, this is where my computer will charge.

I will use the white board though. It's saved my skin so many times. And I have a writing bullet journal to keep track of my word count when I start.

 

4. Create a Timeline

I actually worked on this a little bit today, figuring out the path my characters take (they are literally traveling the entire book). I also understand a bit more about why certain characters are in the group. I still need to figure out the beginning bits, like before they start on the journey and what they are trying to achieve (they don't fully understand somethings, but hey, that's important), but I can get that done either later today, or tomorrow.

I definitely use Scrivener for my novel writing. I have a couple projects for it, one for the overall world, and then separate projects for individual books.

I don't feel like I'm ready to get the beginning started, since (mentioned above) I have no idea what it will be. But I have an outline that is mostly in ALL CAPS. So... there's that.
...I'm rambling, aren't I?

My storyline: A group of characters are off on a journey that they don't fully understand, but the main character follows the advice of a mentor and visions or feelings of where to go, finding his purpose while also exploring the parts of the world these characters have only heard about.

I hope that makes sense...

5. Track Your Progress

I've done NaNoWriMo twice. It was the first time I ever actually finished an original novel length... thing.

I'm going to track my progress in two ways:

First, I will keep track of which days I write in my typical Daily Logs in my bullet journal. It's less noticeable, but very rewarding to X it out.
Second, I'll keep track of how much I write with a page in my Writing bullet journal. I'll make a graph with a line at where I want to get each day somewhere in the middle. I can then see how much I exceeded or fell short of my goal. And I'll switch bar colors every day to make it easier.