Day 7: It Comes Together
April 7, 2001
6:47 p.m.
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3,500 words:  First, I should say that the astute of you may notice I had a zero word day yesterday. Life conspired to keep me wordless, you see. Let's just say it has a lot to do with plumbing. I would have liked a few more words today, but the truth of the matter is that what progress I achieved was really good. For the first time I feel like the characters are really there, and like the story is really happening. Yes, I could have gotten farther, yes, I wasted an hour or two kind of piddling around on a break. But I have to say I'm on one of those highs right now where despite the fact that I'm hungry as all get out, I would just as soon keep right on going. I love it when things come together, you know? I was getting worried, actually. Through Thursday it hadn't hit yet, and then I had yesterday off, and I was worried that the story was going to slip away from me. But I don't think so. Not now. And from an emotional standpoint, I'm running up to a place where a lot of the story I wrote before is waiting form me like a pure blast of sugary hollow calories, meaning tomorrow's word count will likely be artificially high as I absorb that material. Like the stock market, past performance is no guarantee of future performance, but I feel good.   Have a great day. See you tomorrow.   Go, man, go... Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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"I know some great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not one of them sits down routinely feeling wildly enthusiastic and confident. Not one of them writes elegant first drafts. All right, one of them does, but we do not like her very much." Anne Lamott |
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