We’re halfway through 2015 and it’s been a pretty amazing year so far–full of family, and friends, and writing. A LOT of writing. Because I’m really proud of myself (and Christie Yant’s amazing google workbook Tools for Writers makes it easy to keep track), I’m going to share my stats with you. This is going to look like bragging, and maybe it is. I’ve worked hard for these achievements. Will you celebrate them with me?
102,633 – new words written.
14,253 – most words written in 1 week.
0 – fewest words written in 1 week (I have a few of those actually).
1 – novel drafted and revised once.
4 – new short stories drafted and revised and on submission.
40 – days spent revising not adding any new words.
About 90,000 words of that are the first and second drafts of the novel I’m working on, the rest were all done for the short stories. I’m probably most proud of those 40 days spent revising and nothing else. Those were hard days, and I have a lot more of them ahead of me.
For the rest of the year, I don’t have any wordcount goals. It’d be nice to get another 100,000 written, but I doubt that will happen. I leave for my first summer at Hollins in 2 weeks, and then when I get back I’m going to be focused on readjusting to everyday life, work starting back up, and completing this novel. So for the 2nd half of 2015 my writing goals are pretty simple:
* Survive School
* Finish Novel
* Query
I’ll let you know how it goes.
In the meantime, today is national donut day and I’m headed out to celebrate.
Jessi Cole Jackson 