Writing Progress 6/14

I got 1,461 words today. Half of those were the final words in my book Still They Ride. That has been a troublesome book. It's been hard to get through. I felt like I was drifting and flailing the whole time I wrote it, but I forged on, because that's what a real writer does, right? Or maybe not. Maybe a real write knows when to give it up. I don't know. I'm just trying to learn to finish what I've started, and keep out of the realm of those who quit on their ideas. I think the book will need a pretty radically retooled second draft, but at least I can do that, since I finished the first draft.

The rest of my words were author's notes...I feel a little guilty including them as writing. I don't include the words I write for blog posts toward my writing goals, but these author's notes feel a lot more like blog posts than like creative writing. I guess I'll be done with the author's notes soon enough, and I'll have to get back to the actual creative stuff, so I don't need to worry. The most important thing is that I keep the habit up. That's what matters most. Don't let it slip, because if I do, it'll take me months or years to get back in the swing of things again.

Here's my progress right now:

96.6%, and just barely over ten thousand words before I crush this goal. It's getting so close.