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How often/how much can you write?

I'm trying to get a 60,000 word book finished (1st draft)and I was wondering how quickly other writers can get things down.
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How often I write varies from once a day to once a week, sometimes once a month. Depends on what is happening in my life. I've written a 70k novel in a month (NaNoWriMo). That was a lot of work and the draft was extremely rough; however, that's the course of things. A first draft isn't ever pretty, mistakes will be abundant, so my motto is to always write what you picture in your head, as fast as you can. I say that sometimes for people who struggle putting stuff down. Just have to go for it and stop worrying about how pretty or coherent it is. That stuff is easier to figure out once we have a complete story anyway. Plus, the feeling of achievement from having finished a novel is a wonderful motivator.

Now, for my special project of 107k words, that took me a year to write, off and on. Some days I'd bust out 20k words, or more, and then I'd get 5k in a month (if that). Not sure what that averages to but, for me, writing is about the fun and the experience.

What is your novel about? :) Have you decided its word count in advance?