Today I hit 40,000 words, which I think of as a bit of milestone, so I’m pleased.
But I’m also writing my book start-to-finish. I don’t skip around between scenes, I just started on page one and wrote until this point. I’ve only done some minimal refactoring, like when I realized I was spending too much time on something and went back and removed some of it. So it’s clear that after I’ve written the full thing, I’ll need to go back through it and punch up the parts that are important later.
The longer it gets, the more potential there is that I’ll want to remove something or add to it later, so I probably should not get caught up on word counts. Still, the word count gives me a goal each day, so for now I’ll continue to keep my eye on it.
Tomorrow it’s back to my real job, and a lower word count per day. At this point, my main hope is that the dog lets me sleep through the night, so I’m not yawning my way through the whole day. Her UTI seems to have improved, but she’s tired and I think her stomach is upset from the antibiotics.
Anyway, 40,000 words, imaginary reader!