ROW80 Round 2 - 1st Update

So far this round I've had two good writing days and one bad writing day: On Monday and today I got just over 500 words, but on Tuesday, after being at uni all day, I came home and had one of those migraine/dizzy spell turns, so instead of writing or doing homework I just sat cuddled up with Judgemental Dog, feeling sorry for myself. With an assignment due tomorrow and another due Friday, I'll be fighting for my word counts this week, but since my goals are relatively small, I think it will still be doable. If I can keep my word count climbing (even if it's only in tiny increments), it'll still be better than not doing anything at all.

Aside from keeping up with academic assignments in general, my goal for this round is simply to write between 100 and 500 new words per day on Dark and Silent Waters. Ideally, these words will be written for the earlier chapters, but since I know my own writing habits (I lack the ability to write in chronological order, instead bouncing around through the story like a drug-crazed yo-yo), I'll most likely just end up writing the words for whatever scene happens to be in my head at the time.

I've also decided to add three rules to my goals. The first is that I may not go through editing bits of my novella until I have reached the new word quota for that day (I'll never get anything done, otherwise). The second is that once I start writing, I will only have an hour to complete my word quota (otherwise I'll just stare at the screen all day, agonising over sentences, and not only will my novella not get done, neither will my assignments). The third rule is that if I have ideas for other stories, I may spend no more than five minutes scribbling down notes for it (this is to keep my main story from being hijacked by other stories).

Looks like Judgemental Dog is putting his paw down:

See how the other ROW80ers are going here.

P.S. If anyone's interested in reading author interviews, my writerly friend Lisa has a few over at her blog. Check it out here.