NaNoWriMo Day 3
Welcome to my little experiment, where I lift the curtain on my writing process during NaNoWriMo 2023 in an effort to feel less alone. If you’re also doing NaNoWriMo, feel free to add me as a buddy!
daily summary 📅
Writing days are never equal. Some are good, some are bad, and they are never consistent day to day. Today was one of the bad days, but not necessarily because the writing itself was hard or bad (it is likely bad, but also now is not the time to care about that), but because my ADHD brain got distracted by some cool publishing stuff for GUARDIANS 2, so switching gears to get into working on GUARDIANS 3 was difficult. My therapist tells me that I need to build in transition time for switching between projects and boy is that true or what. Again, this all seems to go back to my inability to effectively manage my time because I’m just bad at gauging just how long things will take aaah.
Oh well. Tomorrow is another day. I just gotta remember this is a marathon, not a sprint. I don’t need to be perfect the first time around.
daily process ⏱️
8:44AM. Having a difficult time getting started this morning. Slept in kind of late today and both bois are home from daycare. I know that in the grand scheme of things, Castor and Pollux are still very young dogs, but good lord I would like them to mature a little faster than this, thanks.
Anyway, gonna ease into things. Got a Dunkin Donuts coffee and am gonna watch Jungkook’s newest music video.
11:32AM. Got distracted by GUARDIANS 2 cover reveal stuff, plus I took the bois for their long walk. Ugh, I’m really digging in my heels on writing today.
12:06PM. Yep, I’ve just accepted the this morning has been lost to GUARDIANS 2 stuff, so I’m going to order food and do sprints this afternoon.
1:27PM. Ugh, trying to save off food coma now. Another can of Monster, I guess. (Aw, the bois are snoring, it’s so cute.)
1:50PM. Come on, Jj, you can do this. Just one focus interval at a time. It doesn’t matter if the words suck. Just DO IT.
2:16PM. 520 words. It’s not the best, but at least some progress is being made. Don’t spend too much time re-reading what you wrote, JJ; you’ll just be overcome with the urge to rewrite it. Momentum, momentum, momentum!
2:35PM. Okay, let’s get back into it. Another focus interval starts now!
3:02PM. 1022 words. Okay. One more focus interval and I think I can finish for the day.
Also, Semisonic has a new album out today???? What year is it, 2003????
3:39PM. 1700 words. 60% is good enough, 60% is good enough, 60% is good enough…it truly is amazing how many thing words I can pump out in a day.
But we have hit word count! I shall now celebrate with calling my representatives about a ceasefire (again and again, ever again), and maybe another walk as my lower back is killing me. Ah. Age and a sedentary job. Yay.
That’s Day 3 of NaNoWriMo done! How about y’all? Any successes? Failures?