Okay, Ya'll!
I have been such a freakin' slacker in the writing department recently! Vacation and illness have taken their toll on my motivation and I HAVE TO WRITE!
--not because of some stupid voice in my head, but because I need to get roughtly 60K words written by November 16--Golden Heart deadline for registration and entry fees! I'll still have ten days to add wordage after that deadline, but to justify the financial expenditure I need to have a substantial amount written.
That's three weeks, people! I have 18K, but it needs to be tweaked/edited/tightened by the end of TODAY (tomorrow at the latest plus my Monday goal of 3000 words), so I can start fresh tomorrow. And I can't forget to fit in my walk or Wii Fit time!
Which means I want to write 15 K this week to get to my goal--Monday thru Friday ONLY--my weekends are for family.
I know some of you have been side-tracked with life, work and other stuff so this is a good chance to get your butt in the chair and start writing again, be it 100 words a day or 3000 words a day. Send me a note in a comment on this blog, a note on my facebook wall, or in an email magolla@cox.net and I'll post your name and goal for the week along with your culmative page or word count. I'll be posting the totals from the previous day between 6-7 AM CST.
Margaret: goal 15,000 words--M, T, and W: XXXX words.
And if I'm doing it alone I'm okay with it, but this could be the refresher you need prior to starting NaNo if that is your goal.
So are you with me???!!
Write on!
Hi Margaret,
ReplyDeleteI'm still in plotting-mode this week. But I can join you the next ones.
And this week I'll pass to cheer you up. Your goal is doable.
I'm with you.
Annemarie
Like Annemarie, I'm kind of in a plotting mode, too. But you can do it! Go, Margaret, go!
ReplyDeleteOne week to go until NaNo, Annemarie! Good luck on your plotting!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Edie! Feel free to harrass me if I'm falling behind! I need some sort of accountability!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you! I'm at almost 20,000 on my current project, but I have no deadlines or word count goals. This is something that has to happen in its own sweet time. I have no idea how long it's going to be or when I'll finish it. It's not something I will ever try to publish. It's therapy. But, I'm writing/editing as though it is the real thing. Good practice, at any rate.
ReplyDeleteI will have synopsis comments to you TONIGHT. Really!
Thanks, Jody! Since you don't really have a goal--just send me a note with your daily count and I'll post it along with my count.
ReplyDeleteAt least I'll have your company this week! :-)
You're on Margaret! For me this week, I need to write 2K words a day mon-fri and hopfully the same over the weekend!
ReplyDeleteGood luck everyone!
Karin* Tabke
You're on, Karin!
ReplyDeleteI can't really count what I've written, because a lot of what I do is going back over what's already been written and 'fixing' it. I tend to just vomit a lot of stuff out and then finesse it later. So actually my total word tally goes backwards some days when I've cut out a lot of unnecessary words.
ReplyDeleteI've never Nano'ed, but it's a great way to get back on track.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck, Margaret.
You can do it!