The first week of 2017 is over, and time for Week 1 Accountability.
Writing
The Goal: Write Every Day. Hit 2 million words for the year. Write a book a week.
Actual: I wrote 6 out of 7 days. Week Total: 16,664. Daily Average: 2,381. Words per Hour: 2,641. Books Written: 2. Two rough drafts completed.
So this word count won’t get me to a million words, and not even close to 2 million. I have to really pick up the pace. I had two free days to write, where I wrote over 11k combined. Then our snowstorm hit, and I’ve been called in every day to help with the Post Office. I tried to make myself write for 30 minutes every day, even when exhausted (we got *a lot* of snow). By Friday, my willpower was shot, and Saturday, I no longer had a plan (two first drafts completed, so either needed to edit or start something new).
The books completed were Spilling Blood episode 13 and a pen name novel.
And distractions besides the Post Office? I was offered a position in a Top 10 Rock Band 4 Rivals Crew. How could I say no? 😀 And then Netflix – they have all of Season 10 of Hell on Wheels. *Sigh*
Other: I did not take the move into poetry. I may start this goal later, but it’s going to take a back seat to my prose.
Music
I put off starting this goal due to time constraints. it is a secondary goal to writing.
Other
I didn’t even bother with these goals, as I was barely participating in goal #1.
The weather doesn’t look to be letting up much this week, so I don’t know what’s going to happen. My focus this week will be to write Spilling Blood 14 and get my previous two projects edited. That might be a full week, depending on the weather.
G.S. Wright 