As I write this, Eric is out picking up dinner. Yes, I have avoided bologna sandwiches by meeting my 10K-a-fortnight goal. Chicken schnitzel cordon-bleu, rösti, coleslaw, marinated green beans, and tomato-basil salad will be eaten soon.
Word counts:
- Wednesday: 1601
- Thursday: 202 – Things were looking grim. I knew what scene I needed to write, but got stuck on it. I should have either talked with Eric more about it or moved on. This is a lesson I keep (not) learning.
- Friday: 1616 new words, cut 133
- Saturday: 0 – Yeah, who was I fooling by thinking I’d get anything done in the morning after staying up until 3am or in the evening after running a 5K and then indulging in quite a few beers?
- Sunday: 1177 new words, cut 278
That makes 10,036 for the fortnight, 7819 written this week. The manuscript is just over 38K. I suppose it could be considered a zero draft. Instead of starting another 10K fortnight, I’m planning on some reorganization and clean up during this next week. Eric and I need to hammer out the exact details, but I’ll probably start with Monday and Tuesday being read-through and note-taking days. More details to come.
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WTG!
Despite your busy Saturday (and how!) you reached your goal–congrats!
P.S. Dinner sounds yummy!
Skylar Kade
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You’ve made excellent progress! And avoided bologna sandwiches to boot, which IMHO is a fate worse than death. Congrats on a productive week!
Love your moody guy. I’m pretty tired too. 🙂 Congrats on making your fortnight goal. It’s great the row80 gives the flexibility to adjust goals to where an author is with the story. Best of luck this week!
Not really anonymous…
Wow. Impressive. I still struggle to write every day. I know I need to be more disciplined.
I struggle every day too. It’s the nature of the beast when there are always easier things to do. Keep at it, it’s the only way.