I've done NaNoWriMo for 5 years, but the first year I did the little kid version that's like 15,000 words. Every year I make the same mistake, I don't plan out what I'm going to do, so this time I have it all planed out.
This year I am writing the first book in my as of now unnamed trilogy but the first book is called "Building of Peace"
We are going to be following Cador the Eldest of the Senvien Royal family. Our Instigating event is the Kings assassination. It's going to be focused on the issues that the assassination causes, the war mongering, and over all weakening of the government that happens. We're going to slide in some Family drama, because this boy is 19, and has two younger sisters Lily and Azizia. Some betrayal for flavor, a bit of scandal for spice, a kidnapping for tension, a bit of romance for word count. It's going to be a bit of a slow burn as far as books go very character driven so I'm spending the final day's of prep fleshing out characters outlining arcs and so on.