In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that I was going to try something new as far as my word count is concerned. I was going to try to write five pages during my first writing session of the day, which will be after I update my word count and before I go to bed. Then… During my usual writing session (after 9:30 PM), I’ll try to write the rest of my 10-page quota.
Well… As the title of this post indicates, I came up short — by 410 words. 🙁 Instead of writing 2,500 words (ten 250-word pages), I only wrote a little over eight pages. I think the reason I came up short was two-fold:
First, I didn’t write the full five pages before I went to bed “last night”, and
second, I didn’t start writing early enough today.
Oh, well… I’m sure it’s going to take some time to get used to the new “catch up” writing schedule! However, the good news is that this new writing schedule maintains my “Unplugged Sundays” — though I might try to do some writing the old-fashioned way: pen on paper in order to prevent myself from falling too far behind to catch up.
Speaking of getting caught up, I did a bit of figurin’ after updating my word count, and I figured that I’d be able to get back onto a NaNoWriMo pace by Thanksgiving AND get AHEAD on Black Friday. Of course, this may depend on what we end up doing for the holiday. If I’m able to get my writing done on Thanksgiving AND maintain the 10-page quota I started today, I should be able to cross the 50,000-word “finish line” A DAY EARLY — on the 29th of November. If I continue at this accelerated pace, I might end NaNoWriMo with a grand total of…
(Wait for it…)
52,639 words.
That would be SO COOL, but only time will time if I’ll be successful in this endeavor! So… If you’re curious about whether I’ll be able to maintain this rather grueling pace, you’re welcome to check back as often as you’d like!