Since I didn’t succeed yesterday in catching up, I’ve decided to give it one more go. Today I will try to accumulate 6.7 hours of writing. That’ll give me today’s three hours, plus catch me up with Saturday’s and Sunday’s three hours each.
Whew. I’m only doing this because I need some way to decide how much time to spend writing while I try to finish this book ASAP. My three hour daily goal isn’t likely to be enough unless I start writing five to six times faster than I’ve been writing. Catching up gives me a reason to write for longer. In other words, my brain likes to know the reasons for things, so I’m giving it a reason. ;)
I’ll report progress as I go the same way I did yesterday. I actually liked that format a lot. :)
Progress—
2:53 pm: finished a 3 minute and 13 minute session, wrote 157 words.
Unknown: ended a 5 minute session to research some stuff from previous books in my series, wrote 1 word. Must’ve rewrote something, obviously. :)
Spent way too much time reading through my series doc to find stuff about one particular topic. And then the power went out. I kept reading. :D
5:49 pm: ended a power outage (it’s been a stormy day).
Internet wouldn’t work so I ended up getting distracted by troubleshooting the problem with my modem and router. Finally restarted my computer and problem fixed itself. UGH! Anyway, back to writing. :-|
8:03 pm: finished a 5 followed by a 16 minute session, wrote 99 words.
9:52 pm: ended a session of 32 minutes, wrote 275 words.
11:12 pm: ended a 54 minute session, wrote -12 words.
I keep fixing things that would be better left alone. UGH.
11:53 pm: stopped after a session of 18 minutes, wrote 263 words.
Gave up for the night in frustration. Scene was making me want to pull my hair out.
Final tally: 2.35 hours and 782 words. So far off the mark that I don’t even know what to say. Tomorrow I will write early and forget this late night crap. >:{