A brief overview of my goals:
- 750 words six days a week on my WIP (the sequel to Depression Cookies)
- Blog 4-5 days a week on Depression Cookies and review 3 books a month on my other blog, Mom in Love with Fiction
- Read two books on writing (in the 80 days)
Wednesday, July 6
Results: 881 words and a blog post on this blog
Reaction: Fist pump!! I exceeded my WIP goals and posted on my main blog.
Thursday, July 7
Results: 789 words and a guest blog post on this blog
Reaction: Still excited, surpassed my 750 word goal. Posted on this blog, but it was a guest post. And a good one at that.
Friday, July 8
Results: 410 words and a post on this blog
Reaction: Frustrated. I sat and stared at a blank page. I had a limited amount of time to devote to writing, and it wouldn't flow. With so much momentum coming into Friday, I was discouraged with this word total. I did blog that day.
Saturday, July 9
Results: 763 words and a post on this blog
Reaction: Back on track. Whew.
Bonus: Did my first Tagxedo on the post. Loved how it turned out and will use this application again when I can't find a relevant picture.
Overall, I'm very pleased with my progress during the first week of the ROW80 challenge. I needed to make writing the sequel a priority, and I'm happy with 2,843 words in four days. I hope the frustrating days are few and far between, but I know it's all part of the process.
I am happy to be keeping up with my posts, but I'm motivated thanks to the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I'll be interested to see how I do once that challenge is over and I'm knee-deep into the sequel story.
I am reading two books, which I rarely do, and hope to have two reviews up in the next week or so. This will keep me on track for my 3 book review goal per month.
I'd love to hear how others are feeling about their goals, whether part of a challenge or personal goals. Is it encouragement or pressure to have a goal like 750 words a day staring you in the face?
14 comments:
Love that you are keeping up with the challenge. Being surrounded by three little girls all day this summer has got me wondering how many words I hear in the course of the day and if I can count that high that fast. Keep going. I love reading your posts.
Congrats on all that you accomplished this week :) Hope this week is stellar for you!
Marie
Huzzah for exceeding your goals on some days!
My frustration these last few days has been more that I haven't kept track of what I've done. I just feel like I'm always busy, but I'm not sure if I've been close to my goals.
Jennifer, Thanks for stopping by. I visited your blog as well. We have so much in common: three girls will do that!
Thanks, Marie. Visited your blog as well (beautiful top banner by the way). Raising my glass to a productive week for both of us!
Nice job this week! I can be eager to jump right and I know this about myself so when I realized that I might be wasting time, I decided that I'd better go back to planning. I really think that the ability to change your mind..or your goal..is what I like best about #ROW80. Good luck with your goals this week!
Thanks, Lauren. I need to do some plotting/outlining on my novel this week. It's important but might greatly affect my word count goals. We'll see.
I appreciate all the encouragement (one of the other great parts of ROW80).
Sounds like you had a great first week! I highly recommend The Fire In Fiction by Donald Maass--I found it inspiring as well as incredibly helpful. Good luck the rest of the week!
Amy, Thanks for the encouragement. I appreciate it!
Thanks, Cate. I'll have to check out The Fire in Fiction... sounds like a great one. Good luck to you, too!
Congrats! You did so much!!!
Thank you so much, Sonia!
I reckon you did well this week - smile girl - and reading as well - oh to be able to write and read at same time - good luck with this week
Alberta, Thanks so much! I love to read, but it also makes me a better writer. I seem to find more time to write than read these days, though. ;-(
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