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Writing Stats for August 1-7

It is amazing that I got ANY writing in this week, but here are the stats:

Monday: +118 words

Tuesday: +93 words

Wednesday: No Writing

Thursday: +148 words

Friday: +112 words

Saturday: +148 words

Sunday: No Writing

Total Words Written This Week: 619 words

Total Project Word Count: 4,203 words

I'm pretty upset that I didn't hit ANY of my goals this week.  I didn't write at least 6 days, I didn't write 1200 words, and I didn't hit 100 words per writing session. Also, I didn't finish chapter 2 (but I'm REALLY CLOSE)

This was a pretty bad writing week.  But, similar to last week, it was an AWESOME friends week full of spontaneous road trips, the beach, fun centers, late night pie excursions, church picnics, and movie nights.  This is what summer is supposed to be made of.  I also had a job interview (update: didn't get the job) and did some work on our patio, and lots of working out.

Do I need to learn to be more assertive with my writing goals? Sure.

But do I regret any of the non-writing things I did this week? nope.

So, lets set some more goals, but some less intense ones.

Goals:


  • Write 6 days a week
  • Write at least 100 words per writing session
  • Finish Chapter 2
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