How did I do?
Well, at first glance, not so well. My word count as of yesterday evening (ok I
know I technically have today too, but I’m not working on the novel today for
the sake of a different project which will be revealed soon!) was 28,974.
So that’s an increase of 13,456, which doesn’t seem a
huge amount. Certainly I am nowhere near
finishing the first draft; I’m not even half way through the story.
However, it’s not been a total disaster. Factor in the fact that I had a few days off
this month (it was my birthday after all!) and I completely rewrote chapter 2
(losing several thousand words), and I came up with a new direction for one of
the characters to take… suddenly it actually seems like solid progress, because
the majority of those words were written in this past week.
It’s actually given me a bit of confidence to see the
tale begin to take shape, and I’m looking forward to ploughing on. I want to know how it ends!
I’ve decided I’ll keep doing a bi-weekly word count
update.
In the meantime; watch this space! I have a couple of festive announcements coming
up!
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