Pregnant

As a pastor, writing is simply something I do, on a regular basis. This is the first amount of fiction I've ever written (though some would say that preaching is all fiction passed off as truth, but let's leave the haters out of this). And the act of preaching has been described as having a baby on Sunday, then waking up Monday morning, finding out that you're pregnant again.

So, I wrote some 3000 words yesterday, and I went to bed feeling quite good about the day's output. But now, it's today, and I need to meet my quota once again, 2000 words. I had a great baby yesterday, but today I'm expecting again. I'm wondering if anyone else feels a letdown after a good day...

I read something once pertaining to thesis writing and I think it relates to this too. The idea was that you shouldn't write until "you're done" but always leave something undone so you have a place to start the next day. Stopping at the end of a "scene" makes getting back at it so much more difficult for me than if I know where I am going because I'm trying to finish something.

Maybe that is just me!

I've heard that too, @SnakeQueen, I've tried it before but then just gotten frustrated with myself for forgetting the awesomeness I'd planned to write next lol. Have you ever had that issue?

I'll do a point form line or two at the end of what I have written, basically a note to myself when I open the file.

If I reach a stopping point, I tend to go just little a little further, until I've made somewhere to go.

Having had two babies, I'd have to say that even writing 10,000 words in a day would likely be easier... ;)

But seriously, I think the "do it all again today" thing is part of what is great about NaNoWriMo. It's wonderful training--because this is what writers *do.* And if you can change your thinking in the course of the month, so that it's not something to overcome as much as something to celebrate and revel in...then you've come a long way as a writer.

Of course I'm overtired and strung out on caffeine, so possibly nothing I've just said makes any sense at all.

:)
Sherry
wordsmith
ML for Cape Breton, NS

Brilliant! Finishing an exhausting and satisftying scene is usually where I stop, but you're right - it's hard to start up again after that. A "post-it note" for myself at the beginning of a new scene would be a great idea! Thanks!