On June 1st I boldly announced that I was going to dedicate the next 122 days to writing a new novel. That I was going to write one thousand words -- every day. Oh sure, I threw in the caveat that some days I would write more and some days less. But my goal was to have the first draft finished by the end of September.
Well, it's September 30th (thirty days hath September...) so that means -- TIME'S UP! Time to see how that worked out for me.
June was spectacular. The words flowed. I was in the zone. Couldn't wait to get to my keyboard every day. I was in love with the people coming to life on the page and turned out over 22,00 words. Ninety two pages. Things slowed down in July. Forty two pages, 9800 words. August. What the hell happened in August? Completed chapters were scrapped and started over. Twenty pages, 4800 words. What??
September? Don't even want to talk about September. Not. One. Word. Nope, not one. Zero, zip, nada. I've been stuck in Chapter 24 all month. A couple of the people have started doing stuff I don't like. To the point I don't want to write about them anymore. That's bad. Something tells me I'm going to have to do something drastic to one of them. Teach them a little lesson. Let them know who's in charge here.
So yeah, I've hit the wall. But hey, at least my desk is clean.
On another note...I'm having a book dilemma. Of the reading kind. I have two library books waiting to be read, one I waited quite a while to get. But today I picked up Doctor Sleep. Stephen King. My hero. One of the very few authors I collect in hardcover. And I want to read it sooooo bad.
This is me curious! What's the second book choice?
ReplyDeleteBTW...love the desk! Both style AND cleanliness!
ReplyDeleteYour curiosity will have to wait to be sated until I add it to my list....25 pages to go. Book 2 from the library is Paris to the Pyrenees....may not get that one read, it looks a little dry.
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