Go back to sleep

Goal 1) TAP 2

• My Goal: 500 WPD, 1500 WPW
• Where I planned to be: 34,500 words
• Where I am: 35,512 words
• On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
I think I’m getting better at motivating myself. Sunday I was having a hard time focusing, and I just said to myself, “Hit the minimum (just under 400) and you can move on to something else.” “A hundred more words, and you can stop.” Then when I hit my minimum, and actually went a little over, I thought, “Well, just fifty more words and you’ll hit your daily goal.” So I finished out the scene I was writing, and ended up with 608 words for the day. \o/

Yesterday I wrote the ultimate “all is lost” moment, even though I really should have more words in the beat before it. (Don’t get me started on story beats, just know it’s an organization/plot development tool for me.) I figure it’s close enough for now, because I’m not sure what else to fit in there, and I feel like anything I come up with now would just be filler, so. Moving the story forward it is.

I’m so far ahead of my goal! It’s crazy. I keep wanting to slack off, take a little break or something, but at the same time I want to keep going over. If I can finish this by December 1st, I’ll be able to start revision at the beginning of next year. Which would be great, considering it will probably take most of the year.