Your word count today

2000 from last week, another 700 over the weekend. This was meant to be an entry for the Black Sails contest, but turned out to be longer than I envisioned (another 1000 or so to close, I expect). Couldn't make the deadline.

I'll finish it this week and maybe post it for something else.
 
+1040 to finish her off. Reasonably happy with how it came together. Will sit on it for a bit now before editing, I think.
 
A dismal 114 on Tuesday, 702 yesterday, 875 today. The 114 was a matter of forcing myself to write something rather than zeroing out. This week has been challenging in many ways, and I am pleased to have only fallen significantly beneath the goal once.

To make up for March by the end of May, I have to write 1475 words per day. If I don't get out of the current migraine cycle PDQ, I probably won't be able to do it, but I should be able to catch up in early June if I don't mess around. That will put me back on the original schedule for 20,000 words a month, March through July. Once this draft is done, I'll have a month to tinker with it before we head to Scotland and a month's break from even thinking about the darn thing. When I get home, I'll have ten months to turn it into something I can be proud of. It's due at the publisher the first of July 2027.

Sorry for TMI. Helps to think on paper.
 
1306. Having written every day for a month, I decided to take Sunday and maybe even Monday off from even opening the computer. Immediately started having flashes of anxiety about not writing. I'm not sure I can do it- or rather not do it- which is exactly why I should do it.
 
I wrote 963, which seemed much more than that. I spent a bit of time researching the time period, staring at the screen, thinking about whether certain words were "right", doing other minor editing and so on ...

... and emerged with two scenes that would:

- first, totally terrify my protagonist and give her something to think about; and then
- second (just when she thought things would get back to normal) unnerve her even more.

Because I realised I was being a bit too soft on my protag. And she needed a good scare. ;)
 
Did a truckload of editing and rewriting last night. 1500 words, felt like more. Wrote an idea and scene that blew my mind about fantasy, or at least fantasy dwarves. Hopefully will hit other people that way too and not cause some folks to yell "Blasphemer!" and sharpen their pitchforks. ;-P
 
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