Welcome to THE CHECK-IN, where you can get a sneak peek into my writing progress every week! Read on to find out what I’m working on and how things are progressing in my world.
Here’s the breakdown:
- Lonely is the Night – I… I did it… and yet… I didn’t do it. I hit my word count goal for this draft (78k, lest we forget) and I was over the moon, folks. Truly, it feels amazing to have gotten this far with this draft. But. But but but. THE DRAFT STILL ISN’T DONE. *cue sobbing* Now, I’ve always said, the first draft of a book is as long as it needs to be. But damn, I am ready for this book to be DONE. So close and yet so far! I will get it done this week though. I estimate I have another four to six thousand words to get down. Very doable in seven days!
Overall, I am so very impressed with myself. I thought there was no way I was going to hit the 78k word count goal by the end of my writing retreat – but I did!! I worked my butt off and got there and I feel so accomplished and proud. Of course, there’s that little part of me that’s complaining and trying to downplay what I did by harping on the fact that the draft still isn’t finished, but I’m working hard to ignore that voice and hold my head high. I did it!
LESSON OF THE WEEK: TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR WORK!