I suck

[pbray]

Writing: Only 519 words on Saturday. Resolving to do better today.

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Me, too. I think I hit 619.

[janni.livejournal.com]

Stomach bug kept me from writing the past two days. Am resolved to try for 1500 words today--setting writing times is no longer working, so it's time to try going by word count.

[mariannelee.livejournal.com]

You'll do better, I'm sure, but I'll send energy vibes your way. No wait, I need them.

I worked for a full hour on Friday, and got 146 words. Of course, during part of that time I was dealing with a small child who decided that she must sit in my lap and had screaming fits when I explained to her that I get up at 5:30 in the morning just so I can write in peace without interruptions.

108 yesterday, but I got distracted by paying bills before the money flew out of the bank account.

And I'm damned slow. My best this week was 634 on a day that I added an extra half hour. I have a friend that wrote a 130K word novel in 6 weeks. While working a full time job. The mind boggles, but then, she only has a cat.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Commiserations. Hope today was more productive for you.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Hope you're feeling better. I find wordcounts work better as a goal for me, except, of course, when nothing seems to work.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I'm in awe of parents who are able to write. I can't imagine how you do it.

[janni.livejournal.com]

I am! And 1600 words today ... not brilliant, but meets the minimum I set for myself.

Word counts often don't work for me, as I do so much back and forthing as I write, revising as much as writing. But right now I'll happily go with whatever works. And it's probably good to shift the process about every so often, too.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

It was. 1880 words. I'm trying for a minimum of 1250/day, so this took care of yesterday's shortfall and covered today's in it's entirety.

And tomorrow, I get to start all over again!

[larryhammer]

I'm in rewrites -- on a narrative poem -- on hardcopy. Wordcounts don't mean much on either level. But I did mark up about a dozen stanzas.

---L.

[larryhammer]

Which is to say, I'd play too, but I can't.

---L.