Yesterday's progress:
Sitting at the laptop by 7 AM with a cup of tea.
8 AM broke for breakfast with a wordcount of 1002.
1:20 PM stopped for lunch, wordcount 3045
6:30 PM stopped for dinner, needing food, although my wordcount was only 4682, not the 5k I'd aimed for.
Closed at 11 PM with a wordcount of 6763, shy of the 7-8k I'd wanted, but still my highest Day 1 count ever. Previous highest was 6555 in 2009.
Title is Vessels.
First line: The day began with portents. That's never a good sign.
Last bit written last night:
Virgie thought it over, tearing her muffin into blue-stained crumbs. "There are only two groups? Not more?"
"Lots more," I said, taking my turn at the cookpot. "But only two that want a public fight for dominance."
5 comments:
FABOOO! You're a machine, woman!
Love the first line!
Terri, for me, it's a pretty good wordcount. Other people on the discussion thread hit 40k by the end of the weekend.
I'll never be a speedster, but I hope to slowly improve my speed and reduce my dithering.
Thanks, Sharon! I was worried it wouldn't come across, so that's a relief - though you may be sharper than many readers.
Something tells me those 40K have lots of...cuttable stuff. It's not quantity, but quality!
Or is that not the gist of the whole thing. :-P
The speedsters also usually have to reserve time for editing, which in my slowness I don't, because I tweak as I write. So there's that advantage :)
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