January Word Count
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizvogelMy unspoken goal for January was 5000 words on the new novel. That was also my unspoken goal for November, and December. Given that we're still talking about the same 5000 words, I think I need a bigger stick. So, in hopes that public embarrassment will prove an effective spur, I'm going to try posting monthly word-counts for a while.
Total new words in January: 2942
That's counting both of the two things currently active enough for me to be tracking wordcount, the new novel and the post-previous-novel novella (1037 and 1905 respectively). I'm not tracking fanfic, but that's no loss; there hasn't been much to track recently.
2942 is actually considerably better than I feared. It is not, however, sufficient; This Will Not Do. (There was a time when I would have been thrilled to turn out a thousand words in a month. I suppose it's a sort of progress that this is no longer that time.)
On the positive side, I did finally sort out the location issue that's been bogging down the new novel. And, having finally just bloody picked a hotel for my character, I was able to sit down today and rework the existing text to fit the geography with minimal difficulty. I'm not sure what my back-brain was holding out for, but apparently the new place has it. Perhaps now I will be able to get on with things.
Total new words in January: 2942
That's counting both of the two things currently active enough for me to be tracking wordcount, the new novel and the post-previous-novel novella (1037 and 1905 respectively). I'm not tracking fanfic, but that's no loss; there hasn't been much to track recently.
2942 is actually considerably better than I feared. It is not, however, sufficient; This Will Not Do. (There was a time when I would have been thrilled to turn out a thousand words in a month. I suppose it's a sort of progress that this is no longer that time.)
On the positive side, I did finally sort out the location issue that's been bogging down the new novel. And, having finally just bloody picked a hotel for my character, I was able to sit down today and rework the existing text to fit the geography with minimal difficulty. I'm not sure what my back-brain was holding out for, but apparently the new place has it. Perhaps now I will be able to get on with things.
