This week, I managed to hit 50k on my novel! I must admit, I
am damn impressed. It's a lot more than a month, but I am quite comfortable in
the knowledge that I am only able to keep up that level of writing over a
smaller period of time and that I need a break afterward. If I sound to you
like I'm justifying, I am, slightly. I feel bad that I can't seem to keep up
that level of writing on a permanent basis. In the meantime, I'm left not
reaching my goals. On the other hand, today helps to remind me that even if I'm
taking more time than others or even more time than I want. It may take me
longer but I'm still getting there.
One thing I did have to remind myself and accept was that I
am not writing to reach a certain number of words, but that I'm trying to tell
a story. Somewhere along the way, I forgot that and then I started looking at
my novel and realizing that I probably don't have enough story there to reach
70,000 words. It was hard, but I eventually reminded myself that it was the
story that mattered, not the word count.
After coming to terms with this, I realized I probably only
have another 12,000 to 15,000 words left on this novel. I'm so close! I'm sorta
hoping that I will be able to make it before the end of the month. I'd love to
start off April with a week of intense reading and then starting to edit and
making my novel bible for the first book. I'll keep you updated either way!
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