November 9, 2003

    Having gotten used to posting on a regular basis, I apparently cannot go more than one day without doing so.  It's just as well, because I just cannot write my NaNo today.  I'm just stuck.  It's Sunday, and I had the whole day free to write, but it's not working out.  I woke up knowing that I was stuck. I know where I have to get to in the story, but I’m at a loss as to how to get there.  So I didn’t start writing immediately this morning, as I should have.  Did a little cleaning, a little reading, a little grocery shopping.  It's 4pm, and I've written exactly 87 words, which is, incidentally about thirty fewer words than I have just written here.  Suck.

    But I'm trying not to get to down about it.  The whole point of this exercise is to relax and enjoy the writing.  So I've given myself to take the rest of the evening off and work on other things.  If I get back to the novel, bonus.   If I don't, then I obviously needed the break.  I'm still in a good position to get 50,000 by the 30th.