The Write Stuff

So my friend teepleacres likes to write out her weekly writing goals. I like this idea and it's funny she should mention it today. This morning, in my previous post, I mentioned that I want to finish 3 different scenes by Thursday, June 12. To reign in my enthusiasm and gather my focus a bit, I've decided that for this week, I plan to finish just 1 scene. That means on Sunday, June 1st by 11:59 PM, I will have accomplished this goal. If I exceed this goal, then that's all good too but for now, I'll take it one step at a time.

I came home tonight from work tired but if Octavia Butler used to wake up at 2 a.m. to work on her fiction, then surely I can stay up until 1 a.m. to write after my shift! I'm happy to report that I'm now at a total of 2,458 words. Now, most of these words are crappy and they will likely be cut but for now, I'll take these words as a sign of progress.

Now, I can go to sleep feeling like a productive person.