Called in sick today since I’m dealing with a cold that just won’t quit. Thought I’d accomplish a good bit of Nano. That didn’t really happen, but the day wasn’t a complete failure in terms of writing:
Words Written: 1,230
Total Word Count: 6,426 words
I’ll admit, I’m not thrilled with the word count for the day. This is because I could have written and didn’t. In fact, I didn’t feel like writing, which is normal for me during Nano, but not usually by the third day. I blame the being sick for my lack of motivation and inspiration. Still, the writing is going well in terms of the story: it’s actually going somewhere now rather than hovering around in a repetitive babble of nonsense. And since the words were flowing quite easily when I finally did get around to writing, I have no fear of a potential block of any sort.
Of course, it’s still a wonderful representation of babbly crap, but I’m not going to stress about that since that’s exactly what I expect all of my Nanos to be — all of my initial drafts at that. I mean, there is a reason they’re called “drafts.” Which reminds me, a few people have expressed interest in reading this work and I’m fully intending to share it . . . just not right now. I’m not up to sharing anything I’m not fully proud of, and the excerpts I could post that I am proud of would require nearly as lengthy of an explanation. (This is the big flaw in this piece at the moment.) But rest assured when I have something worthy, I’ll post it. Promise.
