I had to get 8000 words written, and since I had previously calc'd that I write about 700 words in an hour, this worried me greatly. First time I've ever been seriously worried about Nano. I was determined to finish it (Personal Life facing off against Work Life) but to finish it and get no sleep... not great. I have a ton to do at work the next two days!
I actually finished about 2 hours ago at 5 AM, but had some other things to read and catch up on afterwards. But yay! Turns out I can write 8000 words in about 6 hours. Not bad not bad. And actually it was 8500 words because nano calculates less words than my writing program does. So I knew I was going to have to keep writing a bit until the nano robots recognized the right count.
Funny thing is, I left this novel in the same place as last year's -- at the Dark Point. It's very sad to keep leaving my characters at the point when everything's going wrong!
Okay, off to bed. And soon must replenish groceries. Shortbread eaten. Soup eaten. ...Still lots of tea.
Personal Life WON!! (Just barely, but a win is a win.)
Starting point tonight:
First attempt to get authorized
Second attempt:
Third attempt:
3 comments:
Let no one ever accuse you of NOT being goal oriented!! Way to Gooooo!!!!
re: It's very sad to keep leaving my characters at the point when everything's going wrong!
- Life sometimes feels like that too. There you are, a decade or two later up against the same situations you thought you'd finally solved once before. Hopefully each time through the "writing" gets better - deeper.
Again - CONGRATULATIONS!!
Huzzah!
You are my idol.
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