I have been working ALL DAY on a VERY SLOW chapter with no fastness in the writing at ALL and I have FINALLY finished it and now I’ve discovered that I am 149 words away from 30K on the book. ARGH! *goes to write another 150 words, grumpily* eta: there. for pity’s sake. another 289 words, the book is past 30K, and I wrote like 3800 words today. I’m going for some ice cream, man. *grinchy face* ytd wordcount: 104,100 miles to Minas Tirith: 175.5
word war
up and running here. it will run until i’m finished with today’s chapter, which is possibly an hour’s worth of work. god, i hope somebody joins me. o.o rules: the point is to write rather than chat. writing takes place in 30-45 minute bursts, after which we report our wordcount, then take a short break. everybody’s welcome.
adventures in train travel
Dad had an adventure on the train yesterday, and got to be a Hero as well as Rescued By Heroes. There was a drunk of about thirty years of age on board, and he sat next to a young woman who, it later proved, was a freshman in college. He was bothering her, so Dad got up and asked the girl if she’d like to talk to him. And she moved next to him, across the aisle. And then the drunk smacked Dad on the top of the head. Dad…
milestones!
Milestone after milestone today. One: I hit the tipping point. Tomorrow’s chapter is 100% Bonus Chapterage. Two: I hit 25K on the book. In fact, I broke 26K, but it’s the 25K that’s statistically significant. Three: I hit 100K words for the year. Also, bizarrely, I wrote exactly the same number of words today as I did yesterday. I don’t remember ever doing that before. ytd wordcount: 100,300 miles to Minas Tirith: 170.5
tipping point
I’m aiming for 3K a day writing, but I’ve been doing (thanks to word wars) more like 3500. Which isn’t a lot more, but it adds up to an extra chapter a week, so if I continue with it, that’ll cut an entire week off the writing time for the book. Anyway, I’m almost at the tipping point–I’ve gotten 2/3rds of an extra chapter written so far, and while I probably won’t actually roll over into the sixth chapter until Friday, the fact that I’m on the cusp is sort…