Well I stumbled for the first time on Friday and Saturday.  I didn’t make my quota of words on those days, but I still wrote!  I don’t know where my motivation went.  It took a break I guess.

Not to worry, it came back full force on Sunday.  I traditionally do well on Sundays and I was able to put in a decent 2200 words and I’m only a few words behind today.  If all things remain equal, I should be caught up by tonight and then some!

The story is going fine, I’m starting to worry that it won’t be enough of a story to hold a full 100K.  I’ll have to brainstorm a bit and beef up the plot.  This should not be too hard.  Already I’ve identified a spot where I can add 5000 words easily.   yWriter is making it very easy to go back and add those words into my second chapter without having to do any serious editing.

Once again, if it weren’t for my wife, I’d be in serious trouble, but she’s a constant source of strength and inspiration.  I also have some very good friends and blog readers who watch me like a hawk.  I feel like it’s impossible to fail.  I am very lucky.

Goals this week:  To maintain my word count daily while also working on other projects (number one on the list, resume revision on Revenant and a close second is another installment of The Expensive Universal Instrument)

Onward to today’s quota!

So wow, two big family days in a row.  First the BBQ and yesterday we were out and about all day with Anna.  We checked out a pretty cool reptile house, she got to cuddle up with a snake and touch a tarantula.  Being all of 14 months old, she had nothing but wonder for these things and no fear at all.  I saw her pet a big dog, goggle at Alpacas and generally enjoy the world.

I also got to see a friend’s new baby girl as well.  It’s nice that she’s joining us in this adventure we call parenthood.

The only downside is that coming home I got the news that an old friend had passed away.  It put a damper on things to be sure.

Between the news and the day, it was extremely tough to get that 1000 words down.  I did it, 100 words at a time, with gentle prompting from my ever loving wife and a wonderful friend.  With support like that, 100K should be easy!

It’s Sunday morning, 6am.  It’s very quiet.  I’ve been up for a little while but I gave myself a break.  I goofed off a bit and now I’m settling down to write.  Usually for NaNoWriMo, there are scheduled writing jams on Sundays in Montreal and in the past I relied on these to keep up my word count.  This summer, well, they aren’t very likely so I’ll try and rely on a steady 2K a day instead to be sure I’m ahead of schedule so Sundays have less pressure.

It’s a new day.  Today I’m aiming for 2000 words again, but I’m also aiming to put my butt in the chair a bit more than JUST for those 2000 words.

We’ll see what happens.  I’m having a lot of fun with this story, but it needs a lot more outlining and I need to figure out what the ending will be or I’ll be stuck with a lack of direction a few thousand words from now.