We're a quarter of the way into the 100 words for 100 days challenge and it's starting to feel a little like entering the second week of NaNoWriMo. It's been all shiny and new and fantastic and now the reality of keeping on writing steadily like this for another 71 days is hitting home. This challenge, by the pure length of it, is more like a lifestyle. You can't put your life on hold for a third of the year like you can for a month. With all challenges it's not just a word count or finished story you end up with but writing lessons and life lessons. I can already feeling myself learning something about writing and it's place in my life but the lesson isn't quite over yet. I'll let you know when I know.

To keep our momentum going we've added a micro-challenge: 5000 words in 5 days. It began on Saturday and I think it will be the perfect thing to keep me going at 1000 words each day into the week which is when I usually drop down to around 500.


Days Writing: 29

Total Words To Date: 22,628

Average Words Per Day: 780 (607)

High Word Count: 1,904 on June 28th

Days Missed: 2

Days Remaining: 71

Projected Total: 78,028 (60,725)


Those of you following along will realise that my projected total has taken a gigantic leap forward. Those mathematically minded will have realised the problem with my projected total from the start. Needless to say my talent lies with words and not numbers.