I have had a couple of nights staring at my screen in despair,
©Kathleen Dowling
wondering why I had thought this whole writing thing might even remotely be a good idea.
I had another one of those last night (ok, I was also staring at a data-set where I didn't even know what the variables were, and had just walked a gazillion miles through the posters, but that's besides the point).
Deep down in this whole 'I'm soo far behind and writing is just horrible in general and all I want is some chocolate' whining that was going on in my head I started realising that yes, I'm quite far behind in order to be on track with the whole 50 000 word thing. But I'm at 20 000 words right now which is way more than I had at the beginning of the month :) and exponentially more than what I would have written otherwise.
So while I'm definitely not feeling smug about my word-count right now, I feel like I'm at least getting somewhere.
Now, if I could just find out what all these two letter variable names mean.....
:) Like the post -- especially the picture. Nice mood capture. If it would be all easy we wouldn't have needed the challenge and we also shouldn't have called it a challenge.
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling. I am not staring at the screen, but I haven't written a single word in about 2 weeks... I am getting at lot of other stuff done though, more than I usually do. So, there ARE positive side effects and we still have 2 weeks to go...
Hang in there!
Thank you for your encouragement!
ReplyDeleteI'm hopeful for the next couple of days...lots of things to do but there should be some time for some writing....and, more importantly, I've got 20000 ideas floating around in my head that I want to write down and think about.
Good times!
I have been hit by a cold and a nervous breakdown due to stress basically, so my wordcount has only risen by 3.000 words recently, which brings me to a total of 17.000. Given that there are still a couple of weeks left, I am confident to hit the 25.000 mark.
ReplyDeleteI will be in Sta next week so maybe that inspires me.
Oh no!
ReplyDeleteAre you doing ok now?
Do you want to have a writing session in the Rule with lots of cheap coffee next week?
I get back on Sunday and will be in panic-writing and Psycholoquium-preparation mode...