ROW80: Round Four – Seconds Out

Well, as the season changes so begins a new Round of Words.

At the start of this round I find myself asking two questions, the answer to both of which will have a profound affect on the coming weeks and the goals that I will set myself.

I do not want to set myself too many goals, and so have narrowed it down to two options.

I set myself a target of 750 words a day, this over the course of 80 days means 60,000 words. If I add that to the 41,000 I already have on my current novel Highway To Hell – Trials and Tribulations, then that will either put my very close to the end of possibly even at the end in time for a quick Christmas break ready to start editing in the New Year.

 

I set myself the same target of 750 words, but take a detour along the way to take part in NaNoWriMo.  This has two impacts. One my word count will need to seriously increase. Now this would not be a problem as I like to be conservative with my goals as there are many things that can intrude. However, to do NaNoWriMo will mean moving onto a different project entirely. I have more than enough ideas to give me something to write. Something different too. The question is, do I want to stop mid novel and mid flow?

Luckily I have the next month to make my mind up with a view towards the NaNoWriMo participation and so I will set my current goals as being 750 words a day and come November I will have a better idea of how I will spend that month.

I will leave the post here, as I will keep to the Wednesday and Saturday (Sunday) posting schedule for this round also.