Pace and Race: ROW80 Update

Pace, don't race. It's been my mantra for over a year, both in writing and training for my first half marathon.
 Used with permission from
Debbie Ridpath Ohi at Inkygirl.com.
Now, as I stare down the November 1 start to NaNo, I need to embrace a new idea... pace and race. A month to do 50,000 is more of a sprint than an endurance exercise. But, 30 days isn't really a sprint either. Writing 1,667 (averaging 50,000 words over 30 days) a day for 3 days would be more of a sprint. It will take endurance to keep it up for 30 days.

However, considering my normal writing output, 50,000 words in a month is a sprint.

All of this to say, I am going to spend the next 17 days conditioning myself for an intensely long sprint. To that end, I have new goals for this round of ROW80.

(Maybe I should add some finger workouts to avoid the scenario in the comic to the right!)

My New Round 4 Goals --
Week of October 14
Start outlining Chasing Memories, my NaNo piece -- would like to be halfway by Wednesday's check-inMake character list for Chasing MemoriesPrewrite two blog posts for November Edit three chapters on BT, to get ahead on my editing scheduleLook at November review schedule and plan a schedule to get ahead on commitmentsSpend 30-45 minutes each day exploring the NaNo siteMy overall goal is to use the next 17 days to prepare as much as I can for a crazy November.

Wish me luck!

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