Well. Life happened. Grades fell, assignments were overdue, and exams appeared despite my efforts to ignore them. Not to mention fabulous new movie premiers and my newly discovered love of podcasts. Plus let’s not even discuss the events of November 8th and the subsequent emotional roller-coaster.
All of that is to say that I am extremely behind in my word count. I believe (yes I don’t even know for sure, that’s how long it has been since I’ve even looked at it) that my word count is around 6,000. I haven’t looked at what it should be but as we’re over half way through the month, I’m assuming it should be at least 25,000. At this point, if I get into the double digits I’ll be happy.
I’m sure I’m not alone out here in Loserville, or I should say Tryerville. Because we haven’t lost yet and as many inspirational quotes have told me, you can’t fail as long as you had the courage to try. I’m sticking with that mentality and no matter where I am on December 1st, I’ll be happy with what I have and that I started writing again after taking a very long hiatus.
-Madeline, intern Beaufort Books