2191 words today. I beat yesterday’s word count goal. Not by a lot, but improvement matters.
I finally broke the 40K mark, which is a big deal. I fell short of my word count goal of 3000-3500 words again today, but I’m still making progress. I’m slightly behind where I need to be if the novel is going to be 50,000 words, but maybe on track if it’s less. If this ends up being a 45K novel for example, I could well finish tomorrow. At this point, I think it will be at LEAST 45K, but probably not 50K.
I’m in the escalation leading up to the final events, but I don’t yet know what those events will be yet.
I also recorded The Writer’s Journey tonight which took away from my word counts some.
WHY ALL WRITING GOALS ARE ARBITRARY
Say I wanted to write 3000-3500 words per day this week to hit my goal of finishing the book earlier. With 2000 words or so, that’s a 1000 word miss.
2000 x 7 = 14,000 words per week
14,000 x 4 = 56,000 words per month (better than NaNoWriMo)
56,000 x 12 = 672,000 words per year, or 13.44 novels. Not too shabby.
That’s why writing goals are just that. Goals. Goal posts can be moved. What matters is continuing to sit in the chair and do the work.
What matters is that I’m writing fiction consistently, and that’s a beautiful thing, my friends.
I’M PREPARING THE NOVEL FOR MY CONSULTANTS NOW
I’ll be spending the rest of the night preparing the novel for my consultants who are going to be reviewing it over the next week to give me some subject matter advice and expertise. I don’t NEED to do this, but it will go a long way toward making the novel feel more realistic.
DON’T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE CREATIVE PROSPERITY FESTIVAL
Fellow writer Noelia Velasco is hosting a FREE festival called Creative Prosperity. She interviewed me about starting out and what advice I’d give younger writers. It’s geared at writers who want to unlock their creativity. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/393XwKn. It’s sure to be a great event. Noelia has a great energy.
Anyhoo, have a good night.
PROGRESS TRACKER
Words: 2191
Calories: 0
Miles: 0
Time on bike: 0
TOTAL
Words: 40,197
Calories: 1050
Miles: 31.5
Time on bike: 630 minutes (10.5 hours)
Pounds lost: 4
