June 5th, 2008
Thought and Memory
New words: 2,124
Total words: 75,100
Listening/watching: Tori Amos
Total words for the year: 239,744
Another day where routine saved me. I’m still feeling pretty under the weather, and I wasted the first half of my usual writing time meandering about online and generally not feeling inspired at all.
I had lunch and sat down with the intention to just get a thousand words down. No matter if they were crap. And I started writing, and next thing I knew I was at two thousand. Huh.
I’d still really love to be pushing into higher word counts, but it’s just not happening right now. I should complain about the word counts I’m getting, mind, but sometimes it just doesn’t feel like enough. I want to be able to write like a regular job - sit down for eight hours a day. It’s a weird ideal that I’m never going to live up to. Not only do I have a house to look after, I also have the unpredicatbility of illness to deal with. So basically, I’m thankful to get the few good hours I do for writing.
[cross-posted from my website]