November 4th totals

Doll meet and movie yesterday interfered with my word count. Darn fun...taking me away from the business of writing! I have discovered that 1923 words a day leaves me little time to do anything else besides eat, sleep, work and exercise. 1000 words a day is much more feasible, a saner alternative for me if I want to sustain my dedication as a writer and not burn out.

Yesterday I did 1547 words, which left me 376 words short of the day's goal. However, since I've written a few extra words over the past few days -- 137 to be exact -- I'm really at 1684 for day 4, which leaves me only 239 words in the hole.

7453/50000 = 14.9% completed.

Sarah's on the verge of meeting Milly, while the story hasn't decided whether it is a romance or a Bildungsroman...or both. Whatever it is, it appears too sarcastic and leisurely to be chick lit.

EDIT: Now I'm out of the hole...added some description of why Sarah moved to Boston [to get away from the family!!]. 220 words so far counting toward today's quota. 1703 to go!

November 4th totals

Doll meet and movie yesterday interfered with my word count. Darn fun...taking me away from the business of writing! I have discovered that 1923 words a day leaves me little time to do anything else besides eat, sleep, work and exercise. 1000 words a day is much more feasible, a saner alternative for me if I want to sustain my dedication as a writer and not burn out.

Yesterday I did 1547 words, which left me 376 words short of the day's goal. However, since I've written a few extra words over the past few days -- 137 to be exact -- I'm really at 1684 for day 4, which leaves me only 239 words in the hole.

7453/50000 = 14.9% completed.

Sarah's on the verge of meeting Milly, while the story hasn't decided whether it is a romance or a Bildungsroman...or both. Whatever it is, it appears too sarcastic and leisurely to be chick lit.

EDIT: Now I'm out of the hole...added some description of why Sarah moved to Boston [to get away from the family!!]. 220 words so far counting toward today's quota. 1703 to go!

Today's totals

I'm at 9765 words, which is 19.5% done. It's also 150 ahead of schedule.

I'm very ambivalent about the project right now. Almost 2000 words a day takes up almost all of my time. Writing becomes a chore that I resent, rather than an exhilarating project that challenges me. Well, meeting exigent word limits challenges me, but my excitement and creativity suffer greatly.

I am seriously considering dropping my word limit to something more attainable, but still challenging, like 1200 words or so, for the month of November. I clearly won't hit 50000 words, but I will participate in the mind-altering fun of NaNo, but without self-flagellation.

Any opinions?

Today's totals

I'm at 9765 words, which is 19.5% done. It's also 150 ahead of schedule.

I'm very ambivalent about the project right now. Almost 2000 words a day takes up almost all of my time. Writing becomes a chore that I resent, rather than an exhilarating project that challenges me. Well, meeting exigent word limits challenges me, but my excitement and creativity suffer greatly.

I am seriously considering dropping my word limit to something more attainable, but still challenging, like 1200 words or so, for the month of November. I clearly won't hit 50000 words, but I will participate in the mind-altering fun of NaNo, but without self-flagellation.

Any opinions?