Today’s word count: 2,307
Total word count: 26,318
Daily average: 2,613
Projected total: 78,954
Another chapter down. That makes 4 out of 9, and it doesn’t take a math genius to tell you that’s ahead of pace for the 1/3 mark of the month. But this math genius is telling you it doesn’t matter. I still have 20 days to go, and anything could happen between now and then. Remember: the goal is 50K. The stretch goal is finishing the story, and that’s the one I’m aiming for.
Today’s word count: 2,397
Total word count: 24,011
Daily average: 2,667
Projected total: 80,036
More writing, but I can’t say I had less work. I hit a groove, though, so that’s good. I’m most of the way through Chapter 4 now, and almost to the halfway point of the 50K already. Utterly amazing, if you ask me.
I still haven’t found myself. I’ve started to wonder if I ever will. But I feel like I’m starting to find the writing spirit again, and that is one of the parts I least wanted to lose.
Today’s word count: 1,805
Total word count: 21,614
Daily average: 2,701
Projected total: 81,052
Monday means back to work, and a correspondingly low output on the writing front. Chapter 4 was going to be a little shorter anyway, so I’m not too worried. Besides, I still did more than an “average” November day, right?
I also had to explain the character of Joel to my boss today, who told a story during today’s meeting that almost nailed my perception of Adventures in the Otherworld’s major guest. This is happening increasingly often.
Today’s word count: 4,236
Total word count: 19,809
Daily average: 2,829
Projected total: 84,895
I’m done with Chapter 3. That’s the only reason I’m posting this so early, really. I feel like writing even more today, but I need more time to think about what happens next. Fortunately, this push sets me up for a week that will, I hope, be less stressful on the novel front. And I’ve even managed to tie this story in with Seasons Change. I’d planned to do that all along, mind you; it’s only how I did it that surprised me.
Today’s word count: 4,166
Total word count: 15,573
Daily average: 2,595
Projected total: 77,865
I never thought I’d be bored on a Saturday in November, but here we are. I really couldn’t find much I wanted to do, so I wrote. And wrote and wrote. I finished Chapter 2 and a good chunk of Chapter 3, and that was on top of my language work (natural and constructed), a few speedruns of Dr. Mario (if I ever recorded them, I’d be 14th fastest in the world), and half a dozen other things. That still left me with hours of nothing. Tome flies when you’re having fun…except when it doesn’t.
Today’s word count: 2,561
Total word count: 11,407
Daily average: 2,281
Projected total: 68,442
Okay, this chapter’s going faster than I thought, and I know how to tie it back to the main thread. I’d say that’s a good day’s work. Wouldn’t you agree?
Not sure what I’ll do tomorrow. I have some potential family business planned, but I’ll try for a writing push over the weekend to build up a buffer in case work interferes.
Today’s word count: 2,069
Total word count: 8.846
Daily average: 2,211
Projected total: 66,345
Into Chapter 2. I didn’t know what to do, so I basically wrote about 7 pages of rambling and character introductions. (Well, reintroductions, really. That’s how it is when you’re in the 21st entry of a series.) Still not sure where this thread’s going, so I hope I can figure it out tomorrow.
Today’s word count: 2,059
Total word count: 6,777
Daily average: 2,259
Projected total: 67,770
Life begins anew, or something like that. One chapter down, 8 more to go, and I have a feeling the next one won’t be so easy. That’s mostly because I have yet to decide what I want to do with it. But we’ll figure it out as we go along. I mean, I have been doing that for a decade now.
Today’s word count: 2,341
Total word count: 4,718
Daily average: 2,359
Projected total: 70,770
I’m most of the way through Chapter 1 already. And that’s with a minor bout of sickness that left me fatigued all day. I think the “put your best character first” plan is working. We’ll see in a couple of days, because Chapter 2 is going to be one of my least favorites.
Also, for the record, I hate writing character deaths. Even unnamed ones who die off-screen.
Today’s word count: 2,377
Projected total: 71,310
And we’re off on the quest for ten. Chapter 1 of Light to the Depths, and the usual meandering introduction. Basically think of it as the same kind of ramble as my posts here, but it just so happens to have characters and a plot. Well, the beginnings of one. I’m starting with an Alex chapter for this Otherworld story. Why? Because I need wish-fulfillment. It’s all I’ve got left.