Summer Challenge Milestone #4
29Jun2009 Category: Writing Posted by Karen @ 8:00 amI completed Week #4 of the Challenge. Nine more weeks to go. This is going to be a LONG summer.
So I did a little better than I did last week. What helped me was turning off the TV and getting most of my writing done outside of the house. One of my goals this year was to try and write in my house—still working on that. Maybe I should turn off my cable? Yeah, right.
This week I noticed I did a lot of revising which I shouldn’t do right now. Hence the low numbers on Tuesday and Wednesday. While I did figure some things out, I spent too much time trying to get things “perfect.” Not good. I just need to get words down on the page at this point. Revision comes after the Challenge.
Here’s the details for Week #4:
Total for Week #4: 4835
M-1459; T-0; W-201; TH-455; F-530; SAT-943; SU-1247
Total for the Challenge: 17,393
Here’s the inspirational quote for Week #5. It comes from The Writer’s Portable Therapist: 25 Sessions to a Creativity Cure by Rachel Ballon, Ph.D.
“Perfectionism is the belief that what you write is never good enough. It is another form of being blocked. Perfectionists are afraid of risks, and if you don’t learn to take risk in your writing, you won’t grow as a writer.”
Amen, Dr. Ballon.
The Challenge will be interesting since a big holiday is coming up this weekend. I’m going to budget my time wisely so I can celebrate without any guilt.
Off to write…
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tee
June 29th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Boy. Today’s quote fits me like a wet t-shirt. Especially the perfectionism equaling writer’s block.
Karen
June 29th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Tee, I hear you. I had this problem all last week. It’s so hard to turn the editor off and get it “perfect.” Get a towel and dry off, girl. We can do this.
Rita Lorraine
June 29th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Hey Karen,
thanks again for providing this challenge! Here are my totals:
M - 515; T - 650; W – 1,429; TH – 617; F - 650; Sat - 217; Sun – 152.
Total for week - 4230;
Total for challenge - 15,935
Karen
June 29th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Rita, you are making GREAT progress!