Officially Accepting the 500 Words a Day Challenge
I work better with a deadline, or a daily word count goal, or something of the similar, and since NaNo is November away (and the wedding in the middle of the month would definitely not work with JulNoWriMo), I needed one badly.
I’m not sure where I saw mention of it, probably the NaNo forums, but I landed on the site of the 1,000 word a day challenge. Yikes. At nearly two-thirds the NaNo goal, that wouldn’t be a good thing for me right now. Yes, someday, great.
Now I have a goal in two parts: the 500 words a day of the challenge, plus working up the bravery to move over to the 1000 words a day challenge. This will be good for me. Actually, so far, today’s word count is over 1,000, but being a weekend, raining nearly incessantly, and not being quite yet time for the wedding, I concede this pace may be hard to maintain going forward.
Someday, though, I will do it… it is not an insurmountable goal.
I prefer not to set a goal, but just to keep track of WPD. Sometimes, a bad WPD can really inspire you!
Good luck, and keep on writing.
Wulfgar
June 20, 2009
When it comes from the heart, 500 WPD will
Look like peanuts!
Giri
August 29, 2009