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.