Sometimes situations arise that prevent you from being able to write. Be it family, illness, other obligations or even something that is just plain more fun than writer's block, we can't always commit to our daily dose of screen time.
What do you do to get caught up?
Recently I found myself bed bound with what was quite possibly the worst migraine I have had in recent years. I literally stayed on the couch for day one, in bed for days two and three and made it back to the couch for day four. And nothing was making a dent in the pain. So you can forget about even thinking about the story I was writing for NaNoWriMo.
I had started the month off two days behind because we celebrated my birthday with a Monster Movie Marathon during Halloween weekend. The rest of the month of November, I had managed to get caught up on my words. The goal is to average about 1,667 words a day in order to meet the 50,000 word goal at the end of November. The ultimate goal, of course, is to have the first draft of a novel done at the end of the month and the 50,000 word count is the average length of the average novel.
You can imagine my added frustration when I lost so many days to a freakin' headache!
How do you get caught up when you fall behind on your writing goals? I am having to start my days earlier and end them later until I get caught up. And I find that I am adding a lot more trivial details to my novel that will probably get cut in the editing process, but that's okay. This is just the first draft and a little stream-of-consciousness writing never hurt anybody. Leave me your comments below. I would love to hear from you.
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