A Writer's Life

 IHADTO GO TO THE DENIST YESTERDAY I WROTE 2 PAGES...IN THE WAITING ROOM CAME HOME...WROTE 6 MORE PAGES WRITE ANYWHERE ANY TIME....NO EXCUSES I DID MISS A DAY OF WRITING I READ A BOOK....THE HOUSEMAID BY FREDIA MCFADDEN I READ IT IN ONE DAY....NOT AN EXCUSE....I BOUGHT 4 MORE OF HER BOOKS.....SO ONCE I START ONE OF HER BOOKS....I WILL MAKE A POINT TO WRITE THAT DAY ALSO PAGE COUNT DO FAR APRIL 16, 2024 I HAVE WRITTEN 79 PAGES SO I AM MOVING ALONG WHAT IS YOUR PAGE COUNT OR WORD COUNT?

 I STUMBLED ONTO THIS AUTHOR SHE IS NOT A NEW AUTHOR SHE HAS OVER 10 BOOKS OUT FREIDA MCFADDEN FOR ALL YOU WRITER'S OUT THERE.....LISTEN UP! SHE STARTED AS A SELF PUBLISHER NOW SHE IS A BEST SELLING AUTHOR HER BOOK....HOUSEMAID.....OPTION FOR A MOVIE SO NEVER GIVE UP ON YOURSELF I READ ......HOUSEMAID IN LESS THAN 2 DAYS JUST BOUGHT THE LOCKED DOOR CO-WORKER NEVER LIE CHECK HER OUT

THE ECLIPSE CAME AND WENT....YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED BY PLANNING AND MEDIA NEWS AROUND THE ECLIPSE.....BUT TIME TO GET BACK TO WRITING USE TBE EXCITEMENT YOU HAD FOR THE ECIPSE AND PUT IT IN WRITING I HAVE WRITTEN EVERY DAY....YET NOT REACHED A 10 PAGE DAY....LAST MONTH I DID SO GOOD. THIS MONTH MY AVERAGE IS 4 PAGES A DAY......IT IS NOT BAD.....BUT I WAS ON A ROLL AND NOW I LEVELED OUT SO FAR I HAVE WRITTEN 42 PAGES LAST MONTH I WAS AT 50 PAGES..... NOT BAD....BUT I NEED TO GET BACK IN THE GROOVE OF THINGS WISH ME LUCK  

MY GOAL EVERYDAY IS TO WRITE. THAT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE. WHEN I HAD A FULL TIME JOB...I WAS SO MUCH MORE FOCUSED ON MY WRITING.....WRITING ON BREAKS, IN MY CAR, ANY SPARE MINUTE....THEN I QUIT MY JOB TO FOCUS ON MY WRITING....WELL THAT DIDNT GO AS PLANNED. I WROTE LESS OR NOT AT ALL NOW MT GOAL IS TO WRITE. I COUNTMY PAGES....RATHER THAN WORD COUNT! MY GOAL IS TO WRITE 1 PAGE....I CAN DO THAT.....ONCEI GET THAT 1 PAGE WRITTEN....THE NEXT PAGES SEEM TO WRITE THEMSELVES IF YOU ARE ON WORD COUNT....WRITE THE 1ST 50 WORDS....EVERYDAY....BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...YOU WILL CONTINUE TO WRITE AND THE WORDS WILL FLOW WRITE EVERYDAY....EVEN IF IT IS ONE SENTENCE! YOU ARE A WRITER! WRITE! I ALSO KEEP A LOG OF HOW MANY PAGES I WRITE EVERDAY APRIL 1ST....6 2ND...6 3RD..2 4TH...10 5TH..4 6TH..6.... TOTALFOR MONTH SO FAR....34 PAGES IF I CAN DO IT.....SO CAN YOU! ONE WORD AT A TIME! ONE PAGE AT A TIME  

 AS OF TODAY....MARCH 31, 2024 I HAVE WRITTEN 213 PAGES  I ONLY MISSED ONE DAY OF WRITING THIS MONTH....I DIDN'T FEEL WELL..... I HAVE WRITTEN 10 PAGES.....9 DAYS THIS MONTH I HAVE BEEN WRITING EVERYDAY.....MY PAGE COUNT IS INCREASING EVEN THE DAYS I DON'T FEEL LIKE WRITING....I WROTE AT LEAST 1 OR 2 PAGES....SO I WOULD NOT HAVE TO PLACE A ZERO IN MY LOG BOOK SO I AM QUITE PLEASED WITH MY WRITING THIS MONTH.

 IT IS WEDNESDAY MARH 27 2024 AS OF 10AM .......I HAE WRITTEN 176 PAGES THIS MONTH I HAVEN'T MISSED A DAY OF WRITING....YESTERDAY.....I HAD A SINUS HEADACHE....I WROTE 2 PAGES...JUST SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PLACE A ZERO IN MY LOG...SO I AM DOING PRETTY GOOD THIS MONTH...HOW IS YOUR WRITING COMING ALONG??? I KNOW THE BGINNING OF THE BOOK....I KNOW HOW IT ENDS....THE MIDDLE IS IN QUESTION....I WILL FIGURE IT OUT AS I GO I THINK I AM A PLOTTER....THEN SOME DAYS I THINK I AM PANTSTER. (SOME ONE WHO DOES NOT PLOT...WRITES BY THE SEAT OF THEIR PANTS) I THINK I AM BOTH  YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER.....AS LONG AS YOU WRITE.... THIS MONTH....I HAVE HAD 8 DAYS WHEN I WROTE 10 PAGES.... I DO BELIEVE THAT MY WORD COUNT IS INCREASING....WRITING WHEN I DON'T WANT TO....SOME DAYS I FORCE MYSELF TO WRITE ONE WORD AT A TIME