Last of November
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dreamlingLast of November
Its the last day of the month, kids, how do you feel, what did you get done this month?
Surprisingly I got a good deal done, finished 4 books (remember those 3 I picked up at the used book store?), wrote half a novel, attended 2 funerals 13 hours away from each other, got my Christmas gift early (Xbox), and got a lot of work work done.
I'm still a bit sad I didn't finish my novel in the apportioned time, but glad I didn't try that whole 6000 words a day this week, that would have killed me. But! It would have been possible, I know for sure that if I needed to, I could finish a novel in a month. I really had a good time writing, it felt nice, and it's really all about pacing, 1667 words a day, 2000 words a day, totally possible. 6000 words a day, with a full time job, and a new Xbox in the house, not so possible without ulcers. But still possible. ;) It's my fault totally, even with all the getting behind stuff and funerals, last week, I could have done 3000 a day to finish on time, and could have even caught up a bit on the weekend. I wrote quite a bit last week, but, not enough, and I didn't really attempt to catch up over the weekend.
This is the kind of behavior that got me 3 incompletes in college( finishing papers after the semesters were over, over break). But! the difference is in how much I did finish. And I do plan on finishing. I'm sitting at 24127, and plan to finish tonight by getting an even 25000, just to be fair. I could have prolly gotten to 30000 this week, but I took it easy, after realizing I wasn't going to do the 6000 a day. Still, it's a lot of words, and I can't wait to go back through and edit, after I finish the thing. :)
Few other things, Thanksgiving was very nice and relaxing, we got to play Halo with my father and brother, which was an absolute blast. My dad seems very impressed with our new toy, and enjoys playing it. He doesn't get to play video games very often, but I remember, years ago, how much he loved Wolfenstein 3-d. and how he beat it without saving, because he didn't know how to save. My brother is very good at games, did very well at DOA3 with us. We all laughed at the cheesy ending movies for the game.
We've gotten a good portion of our family gifts for Christmas bought already, yah. We think that everyone will be pleased.
Haircut on Saturday, plus we'll be getting my parents tree from the tree farm, and possibly decorating too. Yah for the holidays.
Its the last day of the month, kids, how do you feel, what did you get done this month?
Surprisingly I got a good deal done, finished 4 books (remember those 3 I picked up at the used book store?), wrote half a novel, attended 2 funerals 13 hours away from each other, got my Christmas gift early (Xbox), and got a lot of work work done.
I'm still a bit sad I didn't finish my novel in the apportioned time, but glad I didn't try that whole 6000 words a day this week, that would have killed me. But! It would have been possible, I know for sure that if I needed to, I could finish a novel in a month. I really had a good time writing, it felt nice, and it's really all about pacing, 1667 words a day, 2000 words a day, totally possible. 6000 words a day, with a full time job, and a new Xbox in the house, not so possible without ulcers. But still possible. ;) It's my fault totally, even with all the getting behind stuff and funerals, last week, I could have done 3000 a day to finish on time, and could have even caught up a bit on the weekend. I wrote quite a bit last week, but, not enough, and I didn't really attempt to catch up over the weekend.
This is the kind of behavior that got me 3 incompletes in college( finishing papers after the semesters were over, over break). But! the difference is in how much I did finish. And I do plan on finishing. I'm sitting at 24127, and plan to finish tonight by getting an even 25000, just to be fair. I could have prolly gotten to 30000 this week, but I took it easy, after realizing I wasn't going to do the 6000 a day. Still, it's a lot of words, and I can't wait to go back through and edit, after I finish the thing. :)
Few other things, Thanksgiving was very nice and relaxing, we got to play Halo with my father and brother, which was an absolute blast. My dad seems very impressed with our new toy, and enjoys playing it. He doesn't get to play video games very often, but I remember, years ago, how much he loved Wolfenstein 3-d. and how he beat it without saving, because he didn't know how to save. My brother is very good at games, did very well at DOA3 with us. We all laughed at the cheesy ending movies for the game.
We've gotten a good portion of our family gifts for Christmas bought already, yah. We think that everyone will be pleased.
Haircut on Saturday, plus we'll be getting my parents tree from the tree farm, and possibly decorating too. Yah for the holidays.
