Fiction writer. Expert procrastinator. This is my life.
Basically, this isn’t an update.
Well, technically, it is an update, but it’s an update to say I don’t have anything to update. Despite my plans for the day, it’s 8:06 pm and I’ve written about a nib’s worth of words. I guess it’s gonna be a long night, because I’m not going to bed until I’ve at least kept my >1,000 words streak alive.
I can say with certainty that today will not be a 6000 word day.
It’s 11:09 AM and I’m ready to start now, after a delay I should have expected but for some reason didn’t.
There are lots of options for completing this challenge, but considering the time, I’m going to have to hope for this one: 750 words x 8 hours.
Writing faster will be as important today as writing more, it turns out. I’d hoped differently, but I probably should have realized it was a Monday when I wrote my first post this morning. Monday mornings are difficult because my college bound kid spends it getting ready to head out for the week and I spend the morning distracted.
Now to recover, turn off WiFi, and get myself back into a writing groove before I let the day slip away.
If I count the words I deleted yesterday (which I don’t), my word count was in line with the previous four days of this challenge to reach 6000 words.
Meaning today is day six of the attempt.
I have to do some stuff differently today, because yesterday was my worst day for time logged since I started the challenge.
On the one hand, taxes filed. Done. Complete. Yay. On the other, almost three hours fixing a Windows error that was having no effect on my ability to work whatsoever.
I’m going to try focusing on the accumulation of time today instead of worrying about the words. We’ll see how that goes.