Writing in Public: Day 7

This accountability thing is good for me... I'm not partial to showing how much of a flake I am on the public record. Hopefully these daily posts will deter me from missing more days in future. That said, I had a good excuse: My plan was to watch a Bryan Cohen webinar on author copyrighting and work on the first draft of book 1 this evening, but my parents offered surprise babysitting services so that my husband and I could go out to dinner to celebrate our wedding anniversary. That's not an offer one can say no to!

Book 1:
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Day   1 (Thu, Jun 23/16) .....    840 words ..... 38,881 total
Day   2 (Fri, Jun 24/16) .....      0 words ..... 38,881 total
Day   3 (Sat, Jun 25/16) .....      0 words ..... 38,881 total
Day   4 (Sun, Jun 26/16) .....      0 words ..... 38,881 total 
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Week  1 total ................    840 words .....  210/day avg
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Day   5 (Mon, Jun 27/16) .....    920 words ..... 39,801 total
Day   6 (Tue, Jun 28/16) .....    712 words ..... 40,513 total
Day   7 (Wed, Jun 29/16) .....      0 words ..... 40,513 total
Day   8 (Thu, Jun 30/16) ..... ------ words ..... ------ total
Day   9 (Fri, Jul 01/16) ..... ------ words ..... ------ total
Day  10 (Sat, Jun 25/16) ..... ------ words ..... ------ total
Day  11 (Sun, Jun 26/16) ..... ------ words ..... ------ total
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Week  2 total ................ ------ words ..... ----/day avg
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Writing in Public: Days 5-6

Day 5 went well! Almost got to 1k. I had the day off work but went into my office in the afternoon to focus. Took my leisurely time editing and expanding prior words, and then did three 20 min sprints. Average per hour rates were 1065, 984, and 1290. This is about double what I've been able to accomplish with sprints since I started using them in May. Very pleased.

Today (Day 6) seemed like it would be a wash. Dentist appointment in the morning, then kids wanted me all day. Hubby took the kids out on their bikes for awhile to give me some time, which I'm grateful for, but I mostly just pecked away at the words I wrote yesterday, ending up with an extra 27 in the end, and paid some bills. The rest of my writing happened after the kids were in bed. Did about 150 words, then watched way too many compilations of "The Voice" on YouTube, then did the final push. I really need to disable internet...

Overall, still more words that I would normally write, so I'm happy(ish). Plus I broke 40k! Next happy dance isn't until 50k.

Book 1:
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Day   1 (Thu, Jun 23/16) .....    840 words ..... 38,881 total
Day   2 (Fri, Jun 24/16) .....      0 words ..... ------ total
Day   3 (Sat, Jun 25/16) .....      0 words ..... ------ total
Day   4 (Sun, Jun 26/16) .....      0 words ..... ------ total 
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Week  1 total ................    840 words .....  210/day avg
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Day   5 (Mon, Jun 27/16) .....    920 words ..... 39,801 total
Day   6 (Tue, Jun 28/16) .....    712 words ..... 40,513 total
Day   7 (Wed, Jun 29/16) ..... ------ words ..... ------ total
Day   8 (Thu, Jun 30/16) ..... ------ words ..... ------ total
Day   9 (Fri, Jul 01/16) ..... ------ words ..... ------ total
Day  10 (Sat, Jun 25/16) ..... ------ words ..... ------ total
Day  11 (Sun, Jun 26/16) ..... ------ words ..... ------ total
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Week  2 total ................ ------ words ..... ----/day avg
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Writing in Public: Days 2-4

The weekend was a flop. Kids' first day of summer was Friday, and there were birthday parties to attend. When I look at the table below, and assess it objectively, I see a person who isn't committed to this. But I have to be. I want to write 10k a week. That's about 1430 words per day. Would love to write 2k/day, but I've only written more than 1k/day 12 times since I started tracking in January 2015... yes, I've made progress and almost have 40k written now, but it's a slow slog that has to speed up. Onwards!

Book 1:
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Day   1 (Thu, Jun 23/16) .....    840 words ..... 38,881 total
Day   2 (Fri, Jun 24/16) .....      0 words ..... 
Day   3 (Sat, Jun 25/16) .....      0 words ..... 
Day   4 (Sun, Jun 26/16) .....      0 words ..... 
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Week  1 total ................    840 words ..... 210/day avg
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Writing in Public: Day 1

Ok, I need some accountability. I've switched schedules... again. Now I'm trying working after the kids go to bed and staying up until midnight, catching up on sleep with naps whenever I can get them. It's not working out. No schedule seems to work out. I'm tired. All the freaking time. It takes me an hour just to warm up to the idea of doing more thinking after a day of thinking and then trying my hardest to be patient while looking after children and being sleep deprived. Drained is an understatement. Ugh.

I really like Dean Wesley Smith's idea of "writing in public" Basically, he posts what he does every day. I had considered writing my daily successes into an agenda (because there are more things to capture than word counts), but I have a bias against analog. I hate the idea of something not being backed up somehow. So I'll try this blog. We'll see.

So today I am coming off last night's attempt to recover from burn-out (my medicine was 5 episodes of "Lie to Me" on Netflix). I actually find the show a good resource for my writing, and it inspired me to pick up a few books on nonverbal communication which have really enriched my writing. I plan to review them. Eventually. Some day. Because time.

So, long story short, I only got 5 hours of sleep. Still managed to get 841 words in though. I'd really like to get up to 2k/day, but 1k/day is already a stretch with the way I'm going. 10k a week would be more awesome than awesomeness. Since today is Thursday, I'll aim for 5k this week.

I'm starting to realize that my book is going to be long. Act 1 is 25k, and I'm well into Act 2a and it's going to be much longer. Might have to consider making my transition from Act 1-2 a midpoint, and cluing up the book at the end of what I had originally envisioned as the true midpoint. Would make a good cliffhanger, but would still probably weigh in at 50-60k, which is novel length. At least then I can get a book out sooner!

Book 1:
Day   1 ............    840 words
Total .............. 38,881 words