Day 29

Again, the writing flowed really well today. I hit my word count. The story is moving, and I am right in the middle of the action-packed ending. Is it sad that I feel like “only” having to write 5,000 words tomorrow is a good thing? I have three chapters left as well, one with quite a bit of action, and two wrap-up chapters. But I’m feeling okay with the writing right now.

Today’s Word Count: 7, 627
Total Words: 5,014
Words Remaining: 94,986

Day Twenty Eight

Another good writing day, thankfully, since I’m so close to the end. The words really flowed well today, and I hit my word count goal without too much trouble. I’m looking forward to finishing this story, though. And my brain is already burning with editing ideas. I did have a slight mishap this afternoon. There was some kind of error when I was saving a chapter, and my Word program closed. When I reopened it, the file was corrupted. Part of it was still there, mixed in with little boxes and funny symbols. I wanted to bang my head against the keyboard, but I managed to resist. I’ll just have to go back and fix it later. And yes, I did count those words.

Today’s Word Count: 7,563
Total Word Count: 87,359
Words Remaining: 12,641

Day Twenty Seven

Just as I was getting ready to post here last night, my computer randomly disconnected the internet. I decided that was a sign, and went to bed. I did get quite a lot of writing done yesterday, thankfully, and a little bit on Wednesday as well. I made a pretty good dent in it, actually, although I do have a nice chunk left to go. But the writing went well yesterday, and so far, it is going well today. The end is in sight!

Wednesday’s Word Count: 1,501
Yesterday’s Word Count: 7,526
Total Word Count: 79,496
Words Remaining: 20,504

Day Twenty Five

Okay, so I had another dismal writing day yesterday. I did make up for part of it today, but I have a grueling five days ahead of me to meet my goal. And I will meet my goal. I am determined. I have not come this close and this far to fail at the end. Is it a bad thing that I’m already mentally making notes about everything that will need fixed in the next draft?

Yesterday’s Word Count: 111 (I seem to like that number on bad days.)
Today’s Word Count: 4,015
Total Word Count: 70,469
Words Remaining: 29,531

Day 23

Apparently, I was still exhausted yesterday, since I got barely any words, even though I was off. I did a little better today. I’m going to have to work pretty hard to hit my goal, though. Only a week left!

Yesterday’s Word Count: 403
Today’s Word Count: 2,525
Total Word Count: 66,343
Words Remaining: 33,657

Days 20 and 21

I have to admit, the last two days were not good writing days. Not because the words didn’t flow, but because there wasn’t time for the words to flow. The 14-hour day I had on Thursday turned into a 15-hour, super-busy day. I did write when I got home, a whopping 111 words, but then had to immediately crawl into bed and try to get some sleep so I wouldn’t be a zombie for the 11-hour day I ended up on yesterday. (That didn’t exactly work, either, because I was a zombie. And I had a headache from about 5 p.m. Thursday, until I woke up this morning. Not a fun experience.) Yesterday, I wrote all of 101 words. This brings my NaNo total up to 63,415. I am now behind schedule for my word count, but at least I did write both days, and I’m proud of that. Now I’ll just have to work a little bit harder to try to catch up to where I want to be.

Day Nineteen

Okay, so today was a much better writing day. I got my word count without any problems. Sorry this is so brief, but I just now found out that I have to be at work at 4 a.m., which means getting up at 2:15, and I have to work a 14 1/2 hour day now. So, hopefully, I’ll be able to force a few words out tomorrow.

Today’s Word Count: 3,023
Total Word Count: 63,203
Words Remaining: 37,796

Day Eighteen

So, I have brain drain today. Seriously. I can not remember my own name for longer than five seconds. Writing…not a good idea today. I wrote barely 1,000 words, which is so not my personal goal. But…I am ahead in my weekly word count for this week, so I decided to cut my losses and quit for the day. The words I did get probably don’t make sense anyway. I’m going to bed early, and hopefully I’ll be back on track tomorrow. Anybody had a day like that lately?

Today’s Word Count: 1,040
Total Word Count: 60,180
Words Remaining: 39,820

Day Seventeen

I had a good writing day today. Everything flowed quite well, and the dramatic, emotional scenes were, well, dramatic and emotional. I finished my word count goal, plus a bit more, so I am happy. Now I am off to watch The Big Bang Theory (which, if you haven’t seen it, is hilarious).

Today’s Word Count: 6,258
Total Word Count: 59,140
Words Remaining: 40,860

Day Sixteen

And now for my second update of the day (as if you couldn’t read). The words flowed pretty well tonight, despite me being exhausted from the day job. I am getting into the first part of some fairly important revelations for Shai and Rowen, with a lot of emotions flying about everywhere. I’m enjoying writing this part so far.

Today’s Word Count: 2,516
Total Word Count: 52,882
Words Remaining: 47,118