Setting Reasonable Writing Goals

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This being my first myLot entry, I figured it would be appropriate to put it in my "fiction writing" category. I'm a bit rusty, but here goes:When I first dipped my toe in fiction-writing waters, I thought my climb to fame and fortune would be short and easy. "This will be easy," I thought. "I know I can write better than so-and-so, who has all this crap published and making her millions."But a funny thing happened during those marathon climb-to-the-top writing sessions: Writing wasn't fun anymore. My judgment became clouded by visions of being in print, interviews with Oprah, my Pulitzer prize acceptance speech... Clearly I had fallen out of love with the craft. Once I set aside notions of glory, I found my writing went much smoother and way much more fun. These days I set myself more reasonable goals. Five hundred words a day, give or take, and long stretches go by when I hardly write anything. That's just the way it goes sometimes. So are you one of those prolific writers, churning out page after page of engaging copy? I've heard some of those exist. Or do you take your time, savoring one page at a time? Worse yet, are you like me, floundering about on page 50 week after week?Suggestions are of course welcome. Just place them in the hat.