Last week I embarked on a wordcount challenge which I called the 12 days of Christmas challenge. The main crux of the challenge was to write 78,000 words in 12 days right up to the twilight hours of Christmas Eve.
I'm sorry and both glad to say that I failed to get past day 3 of the challenge. I had a very good reason why I stopped at day 3 - an agent interested in seeing the full manuscript of Delve. Woo Hoo! And so for the next two days, I set about turning the nuts and bolts on my manuscript to give both Delve and myself as a writer the best chance possible to secure representation.
I do not know if this latest development will help me to achieve my Christmas wish, but what I do know is that since I've subbed the full manuscript, my determination on the wordcount challenge I'd set myself has slipped and now I'm skidding down that slope. A social with friends, a day of feeling rough (not as a result of the social I must add), and the fact that I now have a house guest staying throughout the Christmas and New Year period, have all contributed to this slippery demise.
I need to find a foot hold so I can climb back up that slope. I will endeavour to try and seek that hold tonight, and finish my day 3 target, roughly over 2,000 words. And though I think my original target of 78,000 words is out of reach now for Christmas Eve, I will continue my daily journey and see where it gets me.
Now I've just got to hold on tight. ;)
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