Project October 2018: Week Three
Day 15: 0
Day 16: 1,412
Day 17: 0
Day 18: 0
Day 19: 184
Day 20: 0
Day 21: 0
Total: 14,593
Day 15 was a Sunday, traditionally a good writing day, except it was also football day, so I headed to my grandfather’s and watched the game with him. I had good intentions of coming home early and writing into the night but it just didn’t happen. I’ve never done a Project October of blog posts before and I usually have longer to come up with ideas and let them roll around in my mind. Because I’ve written thirteen pieces, I’ve steamrollered through the ideas I’ve had and I feel like I’m down to the dregs. I need some more ideas.
On day 16, I wrote a piece about the things editors look for that writers have never heard of. It took four hours because it wasn’t just me rattling off a bunch of thoughts I’d had but required research and real consideration. Took me way back. I even used the resources I was given during the first year I studied editing because it’s not stuff I can remember off the top of my head, it’s stuff I really needed to bone up on.
On days 17, 18 and 19, three freelance proofreading pieces rolled in and I didn’t have any choice (if I want to keep my clients) but to put aside the writing and focus on the editing. I managed to get down a few words for the week three Project October blog post but that’s it. I’m about 4,500 words behind target and I doubt at this point that I will be able to catch up. Life. It constantly gets in the way of writing.
Day 20 was a Friday. I worked, then I went grocery shopping, then I fell asleep in a chocolate donut-induced food coma. No writing.
And Day 21 was a football day again so I spent it with my grandfather. Two football days in one Project October week really puts a dent in the ability to get any good writing done. Still, almost 15,000 words in three weeks is nothing to be sneezed at. It’s always better to consider the positives than wallow in the negatives. Glass half full or half empty? I’m just glad there’s something in the glass at all.
