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Getting Back on Track

Nano has not started off well for me. Sarah just posted her numbers for the first five days of Nano and while I'm insanely happy for her, I'm feeling pretty sucky about myself. Yes, this is a woe-is-me post. Deal with it.

I don't have day-by-day word counts to list, but I know I barely managed to make the minimal word count on Day 1 and have failed ever since. Oh, I'm still writing, but it's painfully slow. I'm starting today at 3,192 words.

Now, let's do the math..

Today is Day 6.
Each day I should write a minimum of 1,667 words.
This means I should have 8335 words done already.
Today's writing should put me at 10,002 words before midnight.
This means I need to write 6810 words today if I want to get back on track.

Oiy.

Problem #1: Day job. No time to write except at lunch.
Problem #2: Going to cousin's house to discuss planning for family Christmas party.

Yeah. It's probably not going to happen tonight. The only silver lining here is that other than tonight, I have no plans for the weekend. I can sit and write to my hearts content. Well, mostly. I will have to do some chores around the house. You know, pesky things like laundry and dishes.

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  1. Sarah Ski12:03 PM

    You can do it Krista! I'm something of an exception, rather than the rule. I've got time to kill, and I know that I have to make the best of it while I can. I have some things coming up in the next couple weekends that will compromise my time, and I have to stoke the plot gizka while I have them.

    But you can totally do it. It's definitely not unreachable, and you get major props for trying!

    You can do eeeeet!

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  2. Matt S12:39 PM

    Don't be too hard on yourself -- you can do this! You don't have to be all the way caught up by midnight tonight, just do what you can. It's crazy what you can get done in 15 minutes, so do a couple word sprints when you find the time and the words will be there before you know it.

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  3. tambo7:33 PM

    I'm in the same boat, at the same place in the river. But where there's will, there's hope. I have faith you can pull it through! {{hugg}}

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  4. Krista Heiser11:18 AM

    Thanks everyone for the encouragement. I'm not giving up! Not until Nov. 30th anyhow. But it's nice to have a cheering section. :-)

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