Well, I had a writing week that I’d consider good under most circumstances for two reasons in particular. However, it wasn’t as good for another reason, so I’m still feeling under the gun. So, let’s talk about it for a second.
The first good reason was the numbers for this week. They were actually not bad.
Writing Statistics for the week ending 4 May 2024:
4,189 words written.
Days writing: 6 of 7.
Days revising/planning: 1 of 7 for 60 total minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 7 of 7 days.
So, compared to a lot of weeks, this is a good performance.
Another good aspect of this week’s work is I finally restarted work on the second volume of my The Yank Striker series. I’m almost through a scene I thought would never get finished, and soon I’ll be looking forward to getting more work done on it. Who knows, I might even get it ready for publication by next year. My first two books were the product of several years of work, and I’m now trying to speed up the process to where I can produce a finished book in a year. I’m not at that level of productivity yet, but I want to get there.
Speaking of productivity… last week’s productivity would be just fine if I just needed to keep pace on my writing quota of at least. I’m a little under that mark by slightly less than 5,000 words. This means I need to avoid the early summer slump I often have over the past couple of years and start pounding out words and chapters when I have the free time.
So, hopefully three months from now I’ll be singing a different tune. Until then, I’ve got some writing to get done. All you writers keep writing and everyone watch out for yourselves.
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