July is the New November!

Who says National Novel-Writing Month has to be in November every year?  What if you are starting a new job, a new relationship, and moving into a new apartment in November?  That was what my November was like last year and, let me tell you, there was not a lot of writing done that month.  Not enough to fill a children’s book, let alone a novel.  So, I reworked the calendar a bit.
After all, novel-writing month is merely a state of mind, isn’t it?  It’s just a nip in the pants to put your hands on the keyboard and start typing.

And that’s exactly what I plan to do.  But I can’t just plan, I have to act.  That’s the key.  Too many times in life, I find myself planning for this and hoping for that.  I find myself dreaming and wishing.  I don’t always find myself doing.  To overcome this over-planning, under-performing tendency, I created a game plan:

Five pages a day (minimum), every day for the month of July.  No exceptions; no excuses.

Yesterday, I wrote seven pages and today I’m on my fourth.  I could easily stop for the day, but I won’t.  I have my goal hanging in front of me and I need to achieve it.  I need to record how many pages I wrote for the day on the big calendar hanging over my bedroom door.  It is a reminder that I am doing great things this month and it is a way to stay focused and on-track.

So, back to the book!  I have some writing to do!