To catch you up, in twelve days, with no family in the house, my goal was to finish my WIP. Did I do it? No. Did I honestly think I would? I hoped I might get close, but honestly, no. Does it matter? Not at all.
I knew my goal was basically impossible when I started out. My word count for each day, with out fail would have had to been more than 7000, and at my best I am at 4000 to 4500 max. So why set such an impossible goal? Here, I'll show you:
See that? Not where I wanted to be, but at over 16,500 words in under two weeks, not at all shabby! And if I hadn't have set a goal, I know myself well enough to know my number would not even be close to that high.
Goals are supposed to be hard. They're supposed to be too hard, at least sometimes. Otherwise, how else will you know what you can really do? We've all heard the 'shoot for the moon, land in the stars' line, but for me it have more to do with not selling myself short. If I would have set a smaller goal, I may have made it, but I would have wondered if I could have done better. Now I know.
Personally, I think you kicked ass ;o) That's some major wordage; you should be proud :o) Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Angela! I am more than happy with it! The trick now is to not let diapers, laundry, and cooking trip up my momentum! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're delighted with your progress; keep up the momentum inspite of all the other hats you wear. Perhaps your family can contribute by doing the diapers??? The goals I set in writing are simpler. Just sit down and write! Feather
ReplyDeleteFeather - Ha! That's a lovely thought, but the only person who doesn't wear the diapers is my husband and he is at work all day. :) My best writing time is nap time, which usually works pretty well. Sometimes I try to write at other times and often times it works, but my kids are 1 and 2, so explaining, "Mommy is writing right now" doesn't work so well. :) Good news is I am really into the story now, and excited to keep going, so that should be plenty to keep me going!
ReplyDeleteHow did you snag 12 day all alone?? Sounds heavenly, and I see what you're saying about the stretch goal - it obviously worked because you made awesome progress!
ReplyDeleteYour font on this blog is very pretty, by the way.
Thanks Nicki! My husband took the kids to visit his parents in Florida for two weeks with out me. It was divine! :D
ReplyDeleteExcellent progress, Ms. Vere! I'm glad you got some alone time and I bet you were missing the family too.
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