Yesterday’s total: 0 words.
At least I wrote a blog post.
I have excuses — stuff, things, phone calls, stupid bureaucracies, paperwork, cover distractions, life. And honestly, they’re pretty good excuses. But also, I fundamentally just didn’t feel like writing yesterday.
Today, I’m going to turn the internet off for at least part of the day and try to write in focused sprints. I again have “stuff” — a book file that I hope to update, a meeting with another kitchen guy, the possibility of yoga, the need to fill out appeals forms and get things in the mail — but grabbing an hour or two for writing ought to be completely possible, if I keep the internet off and avoid mindless games and blog reading.
Someday — even someday soon, I hope — I should hit the point where the book really starts to coalesce and writing gets easier. Maybe today will even be the day.
I managed to write 147 words yesterday. And I named my hero. Sounds like you had a productive day even if it was wordless.
Naming your hero is always good! I named mine Cam(eron) and I keep goofing and calling him Colin. But it’s too late to change it, his name feels like part of him now.