Slog, Slog, Slog

[mmerriam]

Another 1250+ words today. There might actually be more, but this is the official word count for the day.

I'm starting to feel that middle of the novel bog down. I've finished the first third and I know pretty much what I think is going to happen during the last third. It's this part of the book that's starting to kill me.

I think the problem is, I haven't really blown anything up or killed any characters yet. By this point in the last novel the bodies were starting to stack up. However, I think that's about to change in the next scene.

Sent out submission number 100 for the year.

Word Meter! O! My Word Meter!

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[allochthon.livejournal.com]

Sent out submission number 100 for the year.
Whoo!

And remember, to all books a middle must come.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

This the part of the novel where you just put your head down and bull through.

[fsf-rapier.livejournal.com]

Damn you!

Your constant word count update has ruined my many year-long procrastination when it comes to working on my own novel! ;-)

915 words was all I got yesterday, but that's more than the last couple of years combined. I only have about 16,000 words total, although I have a lot of background information to work in eventually - stuff that exists but the reader hasn't learned yet.

I'll have to try to keep this going now...thanks a lot!

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

*insert evil laugh here*

The best way to keep it going is to write a little each day. Even if it is only a page or two, that's still 200 to 500 words and that's progress. Constant forward movement is the key.

[fsf-rapier.livejournal.com]

In all seriousness, thanks M. I needed a kick and your word meter gave it to me.