Progress!!

I just HAD to share with anybody who will read this…I’ve been writing this book, actually writing it, for the last three nights…in a row!! I’ve been averaging about 500 words a day, which doesn’t sound like a lot but look at it this way—if I can keep up this pace I can actually be finished writing the first draft in less than two months!!

Likely, this won’t happen, but it’s fun to think about, isn’t it?

I’m pretty happy with how things are going. The biggest struggle for me is to continue recognizing that this is indeed a first draft. It’s not supposed to be perfect, and a lot of what I spend a bunch of time detailing probably won’t make it into the final cut but I’m at least having fun writing!

I’m finding that a good way for me to get focused about the day’s writing is to begin by saying, “I will not get up from this computer until I write at least 500 words.” And then I take a few minutes to go through and re-read/make minor adjustments to what I wrote the day before. I find that this allows me to feel better about the first draft because I’m giving myself the freedom to at least make small changes each day, and it’s easier to start writing again when I can refresh my memory about what I wrote the previous day.

They say (whoever “they” are) that it takes two weeks to make or break a habit, right?? Well, in 11 short days I should have a comfortable habit formed and be feeling like I’m making some serious movement in the right direction!

Cool, right?! :)