(huh – for whatever reason this didn’t post last night)
I had an excellent writing day today, which is good news if you read my post last night 😛 Yesterday had been the struggle-iest of struggle days for me. About four of them in a row. But last night, I knew I could turn all that around and have a great day today if I wanted…and I did.
I wrote 4,000 words without exhausting myself. Rather, it felt like the RIGHT amount of writing. I’m not sure going further than that would have been productive today. Days in the future, yes, I know I can. I can have 10,000 word days in the future some day…but not yet.
They were 4,000 good words, too. Keepers. A good set of scenes.
I’m going to go for 4,000 words again tomorrow. Perhaps not three days in a row, but we’ll see what I can do. Josh and I are trekkin Friday in the morning, so it probably won’t be three days in a row.
What this proves to me is that 2,000 words a day is a very, VERY attainable goal for the rest of this year. If I can double up on my daily goals for a few days in a row, then that daily goal is workable. Cuz, guys…I am *going* to miss days. We know this. This pattern is not new.
WHY DO I TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF SO MUCH?
This is part of my process, I now realize; I go through each and every work day and download how I feel like I did, my successes and my failures. Getting off my chest each and every day helps me immensely, in ways I’m not sure anyone who reads this fully understands…or maybe you do, because it’s part of your process, too.
But, this turnaround, for example, where I struggled so much to write for four consecutive days, it was halted by me observing that as a fact last night on this very blog. That shifted my mindset, and I was able to come out and crush it today. There’s going to be a tangible result for that kind of turnaround: my second book is going to be finished soon.
I’m so grateful for this blog. It’s really changed so much in my life.
Thanks for reading 😛