We are nearly at the end of Week 2 and my novel has really slowed down. I'm at 35k words, which sounds impressive, but I did the first 20k words in three days so you can see how much my pace has slowed. I'm still just as excited about my story as I was at the start, but it seems to be in the doldrums. I know where I've been, and I know where I'm ultimately going, but I can't quite see the way clear to get myself out of the current situation gracefully and believeably. I'm slogging along, writing in 400 word bursts, but the story is definitely not flowing.
My aim for this weekend was to hit the 50k goal, but after struggling all day (it's a public holiday here today so I had no work to do) I only churned out less than four thousand words, and we are going to a wedding tomorrow afternoon, so unless I get a sudden burst of inspiration on Sunday I don't think I'll meet that goal. I'll settle for 40k instead, if I can make that by Sunday evening. Let's see what happens!
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