At the start of this month, I told y'all about my plans for what's left of 2024. I adjusted my schedule from a birthday-to-birthday year to a calendar year. I had 316,095 words for the year so far, and I challenged myself to take it above and beyond anything I'd ever done before and make it to 400,000 by the time we were all singing "Auld Lang Syne."
That was going to take some Deadpool-style maximum effort on my part to achieve. I was a little more than 80,000 words short of that mark. With only two months left, I'd have to get 40,000 words in both of those months. I was determined, though, so I pulled on my boots and got to work.
First of all, I finished out the last four days of October with 4,934 words, taking me over the 320,000 mark. 80,000 would therefore be enough. I'd done 40,000 words a few times in the past year. In January, March, April, May, and June I'd achieved the 40,000 mark. It wasn't beyond my grasp. However, I was going to have to up my goal. In each of those months, my writing goal was at least 1,250 words. I had originally planned for my November goal to be just 1,000 words a day, but I was going to have to go beyond that.
So, I grabbed my lunch pail, and got to work. We're halfway through that month now...am I keeping up? Well, here's my chart for November so far.
Yup, I went above and beyond 1,250 every day...except one. That was the day I finished writing Lazerfist Saves Christmas and I didn't have anywhere to go with my writing to get the other 75 words I needed, so I just let it ride, and figured I'd make it up on other days.
And, at the 50% mark for the month, I'm at 21,091 words. Double that, and I'll be at 42,000 by the end of the month. So, I'm in good shape to make it to my required level for this month. That's pretty exciting. 400,000 here I come!
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