Writing Blog

20231001 Accountability 1

October 1, 2023, 10:00pm

In a desperate bid to keep myself on track and accountable for my own writing, I have set myself a public goal of finishing my current novel this week.

As such, I will be detailing the journey to conclusion here, as part of that accountability.

So... I started on September 30 with 78k words or thereabouts. But I'd written myself into a corner. It happens, especially when you're a pantser.

This morning I resumed at 77500 words after a heap of deleting and rewriting yesterday.

I have finished today at 80300 words.

The MC is about to attack her mum, but I need to sleep on it to ensure it is not just a carbon copy of any previous attacks.

I have until Saturday my time to get this done.

I have no life, no IRL friends, and no romantic connections, so what's stopping me?

Just my appalling mental health, that's all...