Fast Draft Day 1

I made the commitment of 10 pages a day. The class challenges you to write 20 pages, but I know myself. I know I'd ignore everything to get that kind of word count finished, including my kids. When you're the only parent they have for awhile, I couldn't do that to them. Ten pages leaves me enough time to be both Mom and Dad, while also writing, running, and losing my mind!

Word Count=3000 words. Feeling good since that is usually my word count for the week. 

I made it to the gym four times last week. My mile is getting faster. I'm digging the cycle classes. I don't feel as lonely as I once did now that I'm getting out and socializing (and sweating) with others. 

May is My Month

I am attacking the page for the entire month of May, and at the end of May, I'm going to do it all over again with Candace Haven's #FastDraft course.

Health and Happiness
Both of my kids need the school year to finish.  They are exhausted and tired and really looking forward to something new.

12 5K's in a Year
I'm doing a mile about 2x a week. I added cycling 2x a week too. I would like to add some strength. Maybe a 30 day challenge is in order?


Word Count
About 10,000 words in the last two weeks. I'm figuring out a story and vomiting some scenes as a result. I've been drawn to writing the moment when my H/h nearly destroy what they have and then writing backward from that point. This narrative point is called many things: crisis, moment of truth- the list really does go on forever. By writing these tense moments first, I find my characters hidden in all that raw emotion, the kind of emotion with a price tag so heavy that the cost of staying the same is too great. That popular meme says it all - "You don't really know someone until you see them deal with dial up internet," you don't know them until you see them truly tested with some seriously heavy shit. That's where I find my groove with my characters. I bring hailstorms of shit down upon them and write backward from that point, and tell the story of how they got into the mess in the first place.