Would you believe that I have not written a word since the last entry? You see, I had company come into town and while I adore my friends, there was a little NaNo monster in the back of my head that kept saying, "you should really put some words down." Of course it didn't happen and now the NaNo stats page is telling me I need to write just under 2200 words a day to reach my target. Luckily, I have a whole week to get it done and I am hoping to have a couple big word count days.
But it leaves me thinking that if there isn't some sort of pressure applied to me, I tend to get lazy. If the company had come and I had a busy work schedule and various other commitments, I know I would have made time because I couldn't make it up later. This time, my brain knew I had a week with only a few occasional commitments and I could easily make up the words needed. It was the same way in College with my assignments often being completed the night before (unless it was a big project, of course).
I realize now that if I am to seriously begin work on revising one of my stories in December, then I'm going to need real targets with real accountability. Not sure how that will work now, but this is my chance to give it some devoted time and with no need to have it completed by any specific date, I wonder how often/much I will actually get done. The only thing I can do is plan, make it public and somehow make myself accountable.
But for now, I look forward to this final week of NaNo and send my characters into some crazy situations,
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