Realms of the Raven

Just did the first round of edits for Gift of the Holly King today so I (yet again) got no writing done.

Today I stand at:

Actual Words: 12,785
Goal: 17,250
% of Goal: 77%

It’s too late to quit now, right?

I’m going to participate this year but, as usual, I have to do so using what works for me instead of the official “rules”.

The stated rules are to take the entire month of November and produce a 50,000 novel. The guidance given is to ignore editing, etc and just get words on paper. I can’t bring myself to do that. It goes against the entire way I write and what tends to make my muse happy.

So I’m going to try to write 50,000 words in the month, including edits,but it may be spread over several contracted stories instead of one work. This comes out to 1700 words a day, basically.

I figure that even the energy behind this will be great motivation. :)

This week has been paying the price in editing, test reading and plotting so I’m now a bit behind. The good news is that I should be able to catch up after another day or so of plotting and storyboarding.

Current Word Count: 11,653
Goal Word Count: 12,000
% of Goal: 97%

Had to take off this morning and forgot to check in!

Actual words written: 10,815
Goal words: 9,750
% of Goal: 111%

WoooT!

Wrote my newsletter with the exception of the free read book whose chapter two I’m finishing now.

Total Words: 9235
Goal Words: 6750
Percentage of Goal: 137%

After the newsletter story, I have two stories to plot and the Friday Flash to write for the week.

It looks like last week’s Friday Flash Fiction is turning into a whole story :)

I was upset with myself for being behind until I remembered the 750 words for yesterday’s Flash Fiction Friday.

So, including that, I’m now at 5354 words written and 119% of goal.

YAY

Today I’m at:

Today’s new Words: 146
Total to Date: 2987
% of Goal to Date: 133%
Words over Goal: 737

I didn’t get nearly as much done as I wanted to today. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Day 2 of the Seventy Days of Sweat and I’m now at 2841 words or 189% of my goal.

WOOT.

Dawn nudged me to update my progress.

I signed up for 750 words a day.
Last night I wrote 1445 words.

That puts me at 193% of goal :)

As of today, I’m now at:

Total New Words: 13,817
Average Per Day: 1,382

My aha moment is that I managed to write, even worried over my sick cat, once I set myself down to do so. The words came, not perfect and not in final form, but they DID come.

Still not at my 1500 words per day goal, but I have been writing every day.