book – Page 13 – Meilo Zaborowski: Author

Guess who’s still a trash can

Goal 1) Write BM&A3

My Goal: 500 WPD, 1500 WPW
Where I planned to be: 12000 words
Where I am: 10794 words
On Target or Behind: Behind

How’s It Going:
Now I know why when one of my coworkers found out that I write novels somewhere between holding down a full-time job, being a serious crocheter, and a somewhat serious 3D printing enthusiast (and that’s only scratching the surface), he looked me dead in the eye and asked, “How do you have time?”

The secret is, I don’t. I really, really don’t. I’m always exhausted. I squeeze the living daylights out of every second I have and it’s never enough. If I had twice as many hours in a day, it wouldn’t be enough. So when I have to take a break, it’s painful, but I also know that not pausing sometimes will be even more painful in the long run.

All of that to say, I’m not trying to push myself to breaking here. Any progress is still progress.

Am I not everything you thought I should be?

Goal 1) Write BM&A3

My Goal: 500 WPD, 1500 WPW
Where I planned to be: 9000 words
Where I am: 9006 words
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
Just as suspected, I didn’t write shit on vacation. But that’s okay, because I always work in a buffer for my goals.

So I just picked up where I left off on Wednesday, caught up to where I was supposed to be the week before, and now I’m back on track.

Inertia is a property of matter

Goal 1) Write BM&A3

My Goal: 500 WPD, 1500 WPW
Where I planned to be: 7500 words
Where I am: 7145 words
On Target or Behind: Behind

How’s It Going:
I may have started off slow, but I think I just needed some time to get up to speed. I’m far more limited on time now that I’m working full time, but I think that limitation is actually helping.

Idk, I’m probably just talking out of my ass. Especially considering I didn’t hit my goal for the week. I could not focus at all Friday. And the next 2 weeks I’ll be on vacation, so I may not even get a chance to write. But we’ll see.

The devil won’t let me be

Goal 1) Write BM&A3

My Goal: 500 WPD, 1500 WPW
Where I planned to be: 6000 words
Where I am: 6017 words
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
Still not getting words easily, but I think I finally figured out my issues with the main plot. Guess the “go for a walk” trick does work, even if that wasn’t the intent. (I’ve been walking around the office/up and down the stairs on my breaks to offset how much I sit around on my ass all day.)

Slowly losing my mind

Goal 1) Write BM&A3

My Goal: 500 WPD, 1500 WPW
Where I planned to be: 4500 words
Where I am: 4507 words
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
Not well. I’m still not meeting my daily goal, and I barely scraped enough words together this week to hit my weekly goal.

Part of my problem is I know where I need to go, but I’m not sure how to get there.