I've done it. I've finished the Summer Challenge. It's been a long three months, let me tell you. I've learned a lot about this particular draft. And I made my personal best goal! Actually beat it by 123 words. Yay! Of course, this is only the beginning. I'm going to take a break from the draft. I'm going to start revisions probably in a couple of weeks. I would love to take more time than that but I already know some trouble spots that I need to revisit and I already have some … [Read more...]

It's amazing how when you push yourself towards a goal how much that you can accomplish. Just finished up Milestone #12 of the Challenge. One more week to go and I'm excited about finishing up this draft. Last week, I met the Challenge goal and now I'm doing a "personal" best goal, and with my current progress, I'm going to make it! I can see the finish line. Of course, this doesn't mean that I'm done with the novel by any means. If anything, it's shown me that with focused attention, … [Read more...]

I just finished up Week #11 of the Summer Challenge. I have two weeks left and then it's done. But Milestone #11 is significant for me because I have actually met and surpassed the Challenge goal of 45,500 words by 842 words. Woo hoo! So, my personal goal for this challenge has always been to write 60K draft words. I'm now wondering if I can do it. I have 14 days left, which means that if I write 1000 words a day, I can reach that goal. Not sure if I can do it, but I think I'm going to … [Read more...]

Whew, it's been 10 weeks. Seems like 10 years, LOL. Only 3 more weeks to go in the Challenge. Although it's August, I'm still on Act 2 scenes, which is okay. I don't know if I'll make my personal goal of 60K words, but since I broke the 40K barrier, I'm definitely going to make the challenge goal of 45K words, and I can't feel too shabby about that. I'm writing scenes out of order right now, and I'm finding that I have a mess on my hands. One of my goals this week is to step back and see … [Read more...]