The Tongues of Men

I’m in the middle of a writing week this week. For this first one of the calendar year, I thought I’d try a different way of working.

Instead of spending the whole of each day trying to reach a smallish word count, I have raised the count and allow myself the rest of the day off once I’ve reached it.

So far I’ve hit the target every day, written an extra 1,000 words (because you can’t just finish mid section) and also had time to file my tax return, look after little boys with chicken pox and write the odd blog post.

Is it a better approach? The fillip of a new year? The 33 factor kicking in? Who knows. But at this rate I’ll achieve my goal of finishing the book this year.

That’s a good thing. Long way to go, but a good start.