I can’t stress enough that November has always been a busy month. I’ve had a lot of family events going on which makes this year tougher than the previous years.
Despite this, I’ve been making great progress on my NaNo project.
I got lucky with a few days off from work. I had the day of the election off, I have Veteran’s Day off, then there’s Thanksgiving.
Today is a normal day, but it’s professional development for the teachers. Since I’m an aide, that means I have the day off.
Everyone in my family still has work and school so it’ll just be me and the animals. I have no obligations, no deadlines, nothing.
So, I’ve decided, I’m going to challenge myself to write 10,000 words today, Thursday, November 10.
(I just realized that I’ll be writing 10k on the 10th. I hope that’s a good sign!)
Of course, I won’t be sitting at my computer for five hours straight writing. I’m going to take breaks here and there.
My daily goal is 2,000 words. In between every 2,000 words, I’ll take an hour break. I can write 2,000 words in one hour if I focus hard enough so maybe tomorrow I’ll end up writing every other hour. We’ll see if Chip and Chase allow me to write for that long!
I’ve attempted to write 10k in one day twice before. The first time I tried it, I quit after a few thousand. I think I made it to at least 5,000 though. The second time I did it, I got 10k. I think I wrote every other hour and that’s what helped me stay on task.
I don’t know if I’ll have enough juice in me to write 10k today, but I’m going to give it a shot anyway!
I’ll be updating my progress on Twitter, so be sure to follow along.
Also, if you have no other obligations today, feel free to join me! The more, the merrier!
Have you ever attempted 10k in a day before? Did you reach your goal? Let me know in the comments!
Twitter | Tumblr | Pinterest | GoodReads | Double Jump
