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Writing Stats for September 26-October 2

Hello everyone!

So I didnt track how many words I wrote each day, but I did write a total of 764 words last week which brings my total project wordcount to 8,218 words.
I do have some goals for the month of October.  I want to finish Act 1 by the end of the month, I'm just finishing Chapter 4 right now and according to my outline, Act 1 should carry me through the first 8 chapters.  This means some intense writing days, but I think I'm ready for it.  Right now I'm a little disappointed with my small word count, but I'm halfway through act 1 now and am a little over 8000 words, so I'm gonna shoot for Act 1 being twice that.  And if each Act is 16,000 words, I'll hit right around the 50,000 word first draft I was originally shooting for, so I'm gonna try not to stress too much.

The reason for the Halloween deadline is because...

...I want to participate in NaNoWriMo.  I miss the frantic off the cuff writing.  No outlines, no rules, just crazy writing.  I also had a really inspiring conversation with a stranger in a coffee shop yesterday about Kid Lit, so I think I'm gonna work on a Junior Fiction novel.  Just for fun.  I may make it my NaNo only project and work on it during NaNoWriMo, as well as Camp NaNoWriMo in April and July.  I really love the NaNoWriMo community and miss not taking writing so seriously.  SO if I finish Act1 by October 31st, I'm allowing myself to participate. 

Then AFTER Nano, I'm going to take December to focus on short stories and try to forget Act 1, so that when I come back to it in January for edits, I can look at it from a distant perspective. 

I'll continue to blog throughout and keep you guys updated on whether or not Nano will be happening and my progress with Act 1. 

I think editing in January will be cool because I can start posting teaser stuff on wattpad (the platform I'll be using) and try to get some cover art created etc.  Gonna start of 2017 in a good writing place. 

I really think 2017 is gonna be an awesome year. 

That's all for now!

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