Total words written today: 0 (but I won’t stay at zero). Manuscript total: 121,884. About 80,000 words to go. I’m often caught between the sentiments, “I waste too much time doing stupid things” and “Everyone needs some down-time.” I’m a firm believer in self-care, but I also believe that there Read more…
It’s Monday morning. I haven’t written a word since last Wednesday. Total words today: 0. Manuscript total: 116,190. (UPDATE: 1,079 for the day, 117,269 for the manuscript.) Sigh. But it’s like this: “I haven’t even written so much as a *sentence* in weeks,” LT says to me, distraught. “Everyone always Read more…
Only 325 words so far today, but the day is young. 109,139 total for the manuscript — or about 3,000 words short of where I *want* to be today. Ai, ai, ai. But about 11,000 words since last Sunday. So there is that! The most important thing to know about Read more…
I’ve written 0 words so far today (don’t worry — it’s not even 8am yet!); I’m at 98,705 total for the manuscript. Tomorrow, my second semester of graduate school starts, and my “regular” schedule for student teaching begins. I’ll be at the high school five days per week (half days Read more…
I’ve only written 565 words today. That’s kind of sorry, and I won’t let myself finish the day like that. It’s only 5:30pm — that gives me a good four hours to get that number up before bedtime. (UPDATE: I’m finishing the day at 1,215 words and 92,718 total for Read more…
1,260 so far today; 86,253 total for the manuscript. When I finished my finals last Thursday, I asked myself, “How much can I accomplish in one week?”, and I set four specific goals. Let’s revisit those and see how I’m doing with less than 24 hours to go before my Read more…
544 words so far today; 83,284 total for the manuscript. UPDATE: 2,253 at 7:15pm; 84,993 total. I’m off to a late start, because I’m silly and irresponsibly stayed up too late trying to make this: Or some approximation thereof. Ugh, a little disappointed with myself for falling off the productivity Read more…
662 words so far today — my intention is to write more, but I also promised the gf I would help her set up her classroom today. Manuscript total: 76,314. Building this novel out, one brick at a time. 10:16am update — up to 3,413 words, 79,065 total. The number Read more…
1,591 words (as of 7:53am). Manuscript total: 75,419. UPDATE: Added another 233 words later in the day before I got too tired to write… 75,652. I added the time stamp there because I’m hoping to write more than once today. With a little luck, I will update this entry one Read more…
816 words, 74,644 total for the manuscript. I already spent “too much time” writing (which I put in quotes, because is there ever really such a thing??) so I’ve got to keep this post super short: I have three projects today for school, all due about 5pm PDT. After that, Read more…