Current word count: 29,056 New words written: 541 Words til goal: 10,944 / 332 words a day til the end of September Writing was a bit slow this morning, and just when I was getting somewhere, my hour was up. But I’ve put in notes so I can get started more quickly tomorrow. I caught up on…
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Current word count: 28,494 New words written: 961 Words til goal: 11,506 / 338 words a day til the end of September Ok, full disclosure here. I wrote about 800+ words yesterday, but only a couple sentences this morning. I got up really early today but just couldn’t get my brain into writing gear. I was distracted…
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Current word count: 27,525 New words written: 1,122 Words til goal: 12,475 / 347 words a day til the end of September I got a lot of words done this morning, but I’m working on a tricky chapter and I’m not sure how it’s turning out. We’ll see in the revision. My full word count compared to…
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Current word count: 26,471 New words written: 897 Words til goal: 13,529 / 366 words a day til the end of September Another good writing morning. Looking at my word count, and where I am in the story, I think I’m going to overshoot my 40K goal, but that’s ok. What is it Stephen King says? Your…
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Current word count: 25,574 New words written: 1,688 Words til goal: 14,426 / 380 words a day til the end of September I banged out four days worth of word-a-day goals this weekend, which is great, and I love to see my number of “words a day til the end of September” goal dropping. Maybe I can…
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Current word count: 23,886 New words written: 811 Words til goal: 16,114 / 403 words a day til the end of September Finished the chapter I was having some problems with this morning. Yay! Looking forward to getting a bunch more done this weekend. But now, I have a treat: an interview with picture book author Doris Fisher…
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Current word count: 23,075 New words written: 487 Words til goal: 16,925 / 412 words a day til the end of September Today was the first day in my work on my new novel that the words stumbled a bit. I made my goal, which is great, but I know this chapter is one that will definitely need…
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Current word count: 22,588 New words written: 729 Words til goal: 17,412 / 415 words a day til the end of September Another good writing day. I’m waiting the well to dry up! hahaha Hopefully, not til I’m done. Writing is very solitary work. It’s just you, a computer or notebook and your story in your head.…
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Current word count: 21,859 New words written: 966 Words til goal: 18,141 / 422 words a day til the end of September Another good writing morning. Yay! I’m at a strange part of my story for me. My characters have moved to a different world, and I haven’t created a different world before, so it has been…
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Current word count: 20,893 New words written: 992 Words til goal: 19,107 / 434 words a day til the end of September I got passed the 20K mark this weekend, which means my current word count will now always be larger than my words til goal. How fun! It’s the little things, you know? This weekend, I…
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