November 4

• Project: The Dreams
• Total word count: 100,501
• Today’s word count: 219
• Thoughts: I thought I would spend the day at home and writing. I ended up having more work to do out in the real world. It took a lot out of me and honestly, I’m starting to feel a little discouraged. I need time and I’m not getting it. Instead I’m having days that leave me more and more drained and further behind.
• Tomorrow’s goal: Once again I have a reason to go out and face the world. There will be less of a social aspect to tomorrow’s task so I’m hoping I won’t end up as drained. Time will be the main factor.

November 5

• Project: The Dreams
• Total word count: 101,404
• Today’s word count: 903
• Thoughts: Yay! Today went about as well as I could have hoped. I’m still not writing at NaNoWriMo levels, but I’m getting there and making progress. I’m going to get there soon. I can feel it. As long as I’m making progress at this point, I’m happy.
• Tomorrow’s goal: More writing. I shouldn’t have to go out and run any errands. Hiding from the November weather and ignoring the world while writing sounds like just what I need at this point. I’m getting what I need and I’m going to make the most of it.

November 6

• Project: The Dreams
• Total word count: 102,435
• Today’s word count: 1,031
• Thoughts: I did it! I managed over 1,000 words in a day. It’s been a while since that last happened. A long, long while. I’m just glad it happened again. Now I need to keep doing better. This is NaNoWriMo. There’s plenty of motivation and support around.
• Tomorrow’s goal: More writing. I should have another rather uneventful day. That should make it easy for me to make time to sit down and focus on my writing. It’s a lot easier this month since so many of my friends are also doing NaNoWriMo and aren’t providing as many distractions as usual.

November 7

• Project: The Dreams
• Total word count: 102,635
• Today’s word count: 200
• Thoughts: I lost some steam today. I just wasn’t feeling it. I wasn’t feeling much of anything. I wrapped up a big, emotional scene and had a hard time starting the next one. Maybe I was emotionally drained? It’s hard to tell.
• Tomorrow’s goal: It’s Friday, but it’s also NaNoWriMo. I’m going to make it work. That’s the extra motivation I’m missing the rest of the year. I can make this work.

November 8

• Project: The Dreams
• Total word count: 103,442
• Today’s word count: 807
• Thoughts: It’s not NaNoWriMo good, but it’s such a vast improvement over yesterday. I can’t help feeling thrilled. I’m making progress. This month is going great, in my opinion. Maybe it’ll just keep getting better.
• Tomorrow’s goal: Saturdays can be tricky, but this will be a NaNoWriMo Saturday. This month has some special power to keep me on track. Maybe I just talk up this month so much that people in my life have just made it a habit to leave me alone and let me write during this month. Sometimes I even get encouragement!

November 9

• Project: The Dreams
• Total word count: 103,721
• Today’s word count: 279
• Thoughts: Today went about as well as I expected. I hoped for more, but I knew better than to count on it. I spent most of the day feeling restless and unable to focus. It wasn’t helped by everything seeming to want to pull me in a different direction. I’m impressed I managed to focus enough to write at all.
• Tomorrow’s goal: More writing! Sundays are usually pretty quiet. I shouldn’t be too distracted. I hope.

November 10

• Project: The Dreams
• Total word count: 103,979
• Today’s word count: 258
• Thoughts: What a distracted day! I sat down to write and then I stood up again. I walked around and danced a bit to work off some of my excess energy, but the energy seemed to be infinite! Obviously, I did have a bit of success, but it wasn’t the sort of day I wanted to have.
• Tomorrow’s goal: This week I should have a quiet Monday. It feels like I haven’t had one of those in a long, long time. It’s probably been two weeks, but my feelings don’t care. It’s been forever.

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