I may have misjudged some things. Now I’m sure I’m done with the first half of Chapter 5, but it’s going to be longer than I had initially thought. Oh, well.
Let’s get this out of the way first:
This session’s word count: 952
Total word count: 30,776
Since I probably won’t write anything else today, I’ll consider this the midpoint of the month. 15 days of writing, and what do we have? Well, as you can see, over 30,000 words. That’s a little more than 60%, or over 5,000 more than the “minimum” pace. If I can keep this up, and there’s no guarantee I can, I’ll be done with the 50K goal early on the 25th.
But I want more. I think the whole story I’m writing is going to run past 50,000, but I also think I can finish it before month’s end. Right now, I’m shooting for somewhere in the vicinity of 53,000, which may require a little bit of writing on Thanksgiving or the weekend after. That’s not a problem, as I don’t have to travel very far for the holidays. (About 25 miles total, and that includes coming home. There are characters in the story that have had to walk more than that.)
So, I’m tentatively optimistic. A lot can happen in 10 days, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. But I think I can do this.