Today was Tuesday, meaning the main project day. Normally, I would go to a library and write between 300 and 700 words. The minimum is for days when I am late for some reason or have to leave early for some chores, so 500 is a good estimate what I …
I hate accountability. I don’t mean I ditch my responsibilities at any opportunity, or miss deadlines. No, I’m rather a stickler for the rules, so if I have a deadline, be sure I’d go a very long way to make it right. What I’m talking about here is more of …
I should have written this post on November 1st, when NaNoWriMo started, or at least at the first achievement: 5000 words. Then I should have documented my progress like I did the last year. As it goes, though, I just couldn’t. On the first day I finished 2000 words and …
Words don’t come easy to me. Especially if you are in love with them. You want them good, even better—perfect, and this stops you dead. At least, it does it to me. Luckily, humans have an incredible ability to pick themselves up when they really want it. And I …
There’s so much written on procrastination that reading all of it becomes a nice excuse to procrastinate one’s own writing. And it is amazing how people will always find their way around any good advice or technique. Sometimes I feel like my most productive activity is to avoid being productive, …
Phew. I’ve done it! Again. But I need a day or two to catch my breath after the marathon and to adjust to a less pressing schedule.
Oh yeah. Half of the words done, and two days ahead of the schedule (I finished them yesterday, but didn’t have enough energy in the evening to write about it). Good job, but how I want to take a break! Not sure I will manage to keep myself going so …
One more badge earned, and so far I can’t say it was extremely hard. Yet today was not the best of my days: Dizziness and fatigue since the morning, and time was running too fast, so that in a wink of an eye it was already 3pm. Grrr! But after …
Woohoo. 5000 words done, and relatively easily. At least, I didn’t have to stay up until the wee hours to fill the quota. And 800 extra words are a nice little asset for the future.
So, the first day of NaNoWriMo was a lucky day: I wrote more than 2,000 words. And a strange one because I spent the first part of the day, almost until 2pm, writing nothing. Well, 50 words in the bathroom right after getting up, but that’s about it. Which, if …
