I’VE CHANGED MY MIND
I did another successful all day writing stint while I was at the Tremont hotel in Galveston last week, and although the writing space in the room wasn’t the best, at least I had a private bathroom. And I could take a nap if necessary (and I did).
What I changed my mind about was doing it every day once we returned home. It was murder on my hands is one excuse.
Not giving up on my novel though.
I’M GOING TO CHALLENGE MYSELF
Today was Tuesday, April 1, 2025 and I made my writing goal of 1,000 words a day. Over three hours spread throughout the day I wrote 1,005 words on my novel.
The first stint was very hard and done right after breakfast. The second stint was easier (mid-day) but the third session was almost a breeze. I seem to do better late at night.
Yay! One day down.
But wait!
Today was Wednesday, April 2. Almost a complete fail. I got to my writing computer about 8 am, wrote approximately one or two paragraphs and then started to feel bad. Sort of dizzy. So I stopped, figured it was lack of sleep and took a long, long nap.
I’m a sort of a “in for a penny/in for a pound” person so I didn’t even try to get back to my novel, instead I watched The DaVinci Code (for about the tenth time)
Thursday April 3 was both a fail and a win. Did write a little this morning. And what I did write gave me insight into the rest of the book,
Friday April 4 I didn’t want to write so I didn’t. But what I stumbled into the day before, boy, what a great plot for my book!
Don’t let anyone ever persuade you that procrastination and taking a SHORT break away from your writing is bad. A lot of the time it’s that break you need to find inspiration.
Have been watching the HBO miniseries The Leftovers. Because it was filmed in Lockhart where I live. I drove past their sets almost daily (because they were using the street I normally drive to town on.)
Saturday April 5. Did nothing at all! Today is April 9.
So if you bet on me failing, you were absolutely right. But I learned that I COULD write 1K words a day, and I HAVE worked on my novel.
That is success through failure.
I’ll try again next week.
By the way, I’ve lowered the price of all my Kindle books from $5.99 to $3.99, and if you put my name Gretchen Rix in the Kindle search on Amazon, they are very attractively arranged, for the moment.
