Hooeee. 8,500 words today. That is an unbelievably stupendous
day. I'd need to check this blog, but I'm pretty sure that is a new
record. I just agonised myself with a quick calculation. If I did
that regularly, I could complete a first draft in a month rather the two I
currently budget. Of course that is impossible for several reasons.
Firstly, it's been an eleven out day and I am knackered. My hands are
stiff from ten hours solid writing (hour break for lunch) and my back is sore.
Not too bad thanks to my investing in a decent chair, but still noticeable.
The reason I pushed so hard today is because I failed the last two. By
the end of Thursday, I was 3,000 words ahead of schedule and well on my way to
saving a full day. Friday came along and I wussed out at midday - 2,500
words. Monday wasn't much better, after a rough morning working out plot
stuff, I let myself get distracted by youtube videos for most of the
afternoon. Another 2,500 words. So I was now 1,500 words behind
schedule.
There is nothing like a whiff of desperation to get you going and I was
determined to get back on schedule today. I set myself a stretching, but achievable
6,500 words. Here we are and I have blown it away and 2,000 ahead
again. A good day tomorrow and I can look forward to gaining that day.
Now I really do need to stop writing. It's getting painful.
Total now at 67,000 words.
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