I wasn’t able to meet my goal yesterday, which actually would have made up for what I missed on Friday and Saturday as WELL as Sunday’s goal. I had lots of plans for yesterday, including cleaning part of the apartment, going to the grocery store, writing, and hanging out with friends. I got as far as a shower and some writing, thanks to being felled by a mid-afternoon migraine. Thankfully I felt better by about 7, but I am so tired post-migraine that it’s hard for me to do much else. I have under 2,000 more words to write to catch up, which I feel confident that I can do tonight.
The important thing to me was that I had written something. I feel a lot better having only written a little rather than not writing at all. I really want to buckle down and get a bunch done this week, because I know that this weekend I’m going to be in happy new iPhone owner land, going out on a date with my husband, hanging out with friends and generally relaxing. I have to keep the momentum going through the week to make my August goal.
Word Counts - Today: 0 | August: 3,232 | 2008: 16,046
I only managed 265 words last night before my Friday night plans intruded on my writing, but I plan on making up the rest of the goal today in addition to my Saturday goal. It’s really not that much more. I just feel good about writing even a little yesterday, so that I don’t break my stride. I really like seeing my writing counts progress in the sidebar of this blog, and it goes away if I miss a day!
I’ve got some actual blogging planned for this weekend as well…I set up a great day planner system that I want to share (it has a writing bent, I swear!), I’ve got some new writing software I’m trying out, and I’m starting to get excited for NaNoWriMo 2008! Stay tuned.
Word Counts - Today: 92 | August: 2,528 | 2008: 15,342
I met (and slightly exceeded) my word count goal for today. I didn’t really feel like writing but I did it anyway, and it was a lot more fun that I thought it would be. I’m tired, I don’t feel well, but I got my word count. I love seeing that number go up!
Word Counts - Today: 1,108 | August: 2,171 | 2008: 14,985
I’ve been really down on myself for neglecting my personal writing projects this month. As always, I’ve had pretty good reasons, but it’s easy to start playing up your perceived failures to yourself.
However, I HAVE been writing–blogging, that is. I’ve been a busy little bee during the last half of this month working on my tech blog, Daily Tech Diva, and my blog here. My overall goal as a writer is to keep creating content, and I have to keep reminding myself that when I blog, that’s exactly what I’m doing!
To reward myself, I’ve added my blogging total for the month (not including this post) to my word counter, which you can see below. 7,725 blogging words feels pretty good.
Word Counts - Today: 7,725 | July: 8,341 | 2008: 12,814
I’m too tired to really do much, but I managed to write a little over 600 words tonight. I really need to take time and re-outline where everything is going (since my original outline seems to be lost!) but it felt good to get back with my characters again.
The most important thing is making it a habit–I’m trying to train myself to do lots of good things right now, like go to the gym almost every day, drink tons of water, stop eating crappy food, etc., and adding my daily writing back into the mix will only make me that much happier and more fulfilled. When I’m writing regularly, I feel most like myself. So those 600 words feel pretty great right now. Happy Sunday all!
Word Counts - Today: 616 | July: 616 | 2008: 5,089
Even though I haven’t been working on my novel, I have been writing. I wrote a couple new music reviews for CultureFeast, and I have been writing blog posts like a mad woman for this blog as well as my tech blog, Daily Tech Diva. But I’m itching to get back to work on my novel, and I have some big plans to get my notes in order and plugged into SuperNotecard. I think I have decided to use it since it is cross-platform…I really want something I can access on my Mac and my eeePC. Oh, how I wish Scrivener was open-source and cross-platform.
Tonight’s goal is small–at least 1,000 words. Usually when I set a smaller goal like that I have no trouble meeting it AND exceeding it. I know I have to kind of ease back into things, but I’d like to get up to 10,000 words written for the month. I have through Saturday, so that’s a very realistic goal. Wish me luck!
Word Counts - Today: 0 | May: 4,473 | 2008: 4,473
Tonight didn’t exactly go how I planned for it to go. The Stars lost to the Red Wings 4-1, and I only got 542 words written. I did get quite a few plot points and characters fully sketched out in my new handmade Circa 3×5 notebook (behold the wonder of notecards on the Circa discs!), so the night is not a total loss. As long as I work on my writing, I feel good. 1% more complete in the progress meter!
Word Counts - Today: 542 | May: 4,173 | 2008: 4,173
Today feels really good–not only did I make and exceed a goal of 2000 words written on my novel tonight, but I also cranked out a 650 guest blog for a site I contribute to and worked on some of my own blogs.
I love watching my word count go up and the percentage complete rise on my progress graph! This project may end up way over 50,000 words, but that’s my target wordcount. I can’t wait to write more tomorrow!
Word Counts - Today: 2,026 | May: 3,631 | 2008: 3,631
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