Accountability challenge
an invitation to harrassment
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The events of the novel I’m currently writing begin the evening of April 28, 2026. If you’re good at calendars, you may recognize that date as next Tuesday.
What I have left to write:
two embedded short stories
the climax
the closing scenes
The good news is:
the first embedded short story is completely outlined and parts of the end are written
the climax and closing scenes exist in draft form, but they have to be rewritten to officially count as part of the completed first draft
That second short story is in a maybe 300-word shape when it should be between five and ten thousand words and I don’t really know what it’s about yet. Thus, I anticipate it being the biggest remaining hurdle to a complete first draft.
My time is not entirely free between now and the evening of April 28 but I think I might be able to finish that first draft before the novel begins, Tuesday evening.
I’m gonna go for it.
Wish me luck.
ps: the post that will arrive here tomorrow was written and scheduled yesterday before I saw the cosmic necessity of this firstdrafting plan
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I did it!
Quick update:
Thursday, my total wordcount was 7085, which is terrific for also working a fulltime job.
Today, so far, I've finished the first embedded short story.
I also have a wedding to go to this evening. Didn't think about that when I made this plan.
But, good news, I just discovered I DO have a draft for the second embedded short story! That saves me maybe a full day of work.
So think think I'm on track to pull this off.