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Day 2,773: Fourteen Pages

I wrote 14 pages today. Almost 3,400 words, but I don’t really keep track of my word count like that. I don’t know what 3,400 words looks like. I know what 14 pages looks like, though. So, I set myself page goals instead of word count goals. I’m the only author I know who does that

I think it might be a holdover from script writing. In scripts, Film and TV, you aim for pages.

Anyway…it was a very productive writing day. Not the 23 pages I wanted, but I’ll fucking take it. For real, I don’...

Day 2,772: An Odd One

Today was an odd one. Stayed up too late last night hanging with the Ho sisters to get up on time, and I’d planned to get in my writing during the later part of the morning, but damn…it didn’t work. I never found and made the time to sit my ass down and get the pages in.

But, I was more at peace with that today than I was last week, when I just let anxiety overwhelm me. Today was a much more…calm version of “burned out.”

And, I’m in bed on time tonight, and I’m going to see how getting in ...

Day 2,771: Seven Pages

Seven pages today! Not ten, but whatever. I had a lot of work to do today, and Julianne came into town, so making up the extra just wasn’t going to happen. BUT…

I can absolutely catch that up tomorrow. Seven pages is 100% still sustainable, which is a relief.

Tired. Going to bed a bit late because we stayed up to play BeatSaber with J.

Night night.

Day 2,770: Ten Pages

I wrote 10 pages today in my 2-hour early morning writing session. Hot damn. That’s my dream. If I can write 10 pages a day in the mornings while working full time…I can write a lot of books. I can write enough books that transitioning to full time somewhere down the line is actually feasible.

Banner day.

Need to do it again tomorrow, and that means going to bed!

Night

Day 2,769: Eight Pages

I wrote 8 pages this morning. Got it in before therapy. That means I wrote 15 pages in two days. Four hours, to be precise. Four writing sessions. A couple weeks ago, that was an entire weeks’ worth of pages.

I’m…turning a corner.

I’m going to set a much more ambitious page goal for this coming week. 50 pages. I’ll probably land slightly less than that. Somewhere between 35 and 40 pages would still be amazing…but I also think I *can* do 50. I do that, and shit…I could finish this book by t...

Day 2,768: Seven Pages

Rocked it today. Got up on time, and rocked it. Yes! I wrote 7 pages in two hours, which is…great. I want to work my way up to 10 pages in two hours, which is absolutely doable if I work on it. Particularly if I’m in a part of the story that’s really clear and moving along. Today, it was definitely a grind, and I still got 7 pages done.

Felt good. Going to do the same thing tomorrow after a good night’s sleep.

Podcasted with J. It was a great one. Went grocery shopping with Liz. Took a nap...

Day 2,767: Swing and a miss

Today was a zero day.

Man. It was STRUGGLE BUS. I failed, utterly, at everything I wanted to do today. I did nothing. I was a zombie. I…generally hate days like this. I want to be doing things, I have the TIME to do them…but I can’t. Or, I won’t. I choose not to. But, not like the kind of choice where I take it easy instead. I’m caught between the two, just kind of in a state of paralyzed anxiety.

Here’s the thing, though: I know why.

One, it’s been a truly insane two weeks work-wise, a...

Day 2,766: Tomorrow…

I want to write a lot tomorrow, but I know it’s going to be a challenge.

I can do it. I just know the pull to take it easy tomorrow after such an insanely busy past couple work weeks is going to be black-hole-strong.

But, as I sit here tonight, I know it’s possible. And I will feel so accomplished if I do.

Wish me luck.

Day 2,765: Caught Up

I’m finally caught up with work.

Jesus.

It was another 14 hour work day today. I’m wiped. But, going to bed pretty much on time. Going to write tomorrow morning come hell or high water.

Night night.

Day 2,764: Recovery

Today was a recovery day in a sense. I didn’t go hard. I slept in a bit, I took time to walk the dogs in the morning and evening, I took an hour-long nap. I spent some time outside in the twilight. It was…a less hectic day.

Still worked a full day. I just didn’t work extra. I needed that.

Tomorrow…back to the grind. I’ll need to get some shit done tomorrow, and then hopefully have a couple more days like today on Thursday and Friday. Wish me luck with that.

I’m in bed, too, at 10:30, wh...