Fast Fiction

Today I went to Sabor y Cultura. I got there a little before 11 AM and found a nice tiny table along the wall and plugged in.

I had a plain croissant and a large Mexican mocha (spiced hot chocolate with a shot of espresso).

I got a lot accomplished. I started the novel with a bang. Actually, it started with a house fire where my MC (Daniel) loses pretty much everything he owns. I also managed to get my main plot arc started by the 5K mark with my MC (Daniel) being told by his boss that he has to make a Christmas wish come true for an essay contest winner.

time...running tally...words...words/minute
11:15........560........560.....37.33
11:30......1,008........448.....29.87
11:45......1,497........489.....32.60
12:00......2,070........573.....38.20
12:15......2,692........622.....41.47
(got more coffee)
12:30......2,909........217.....14.47
12:45......3,374........465.....31.00
01:00......4,046........672.....44.80
01:15......4,605........559.....37.27
01:30......5,172........567.....37.80
01:45......5,582........410.....27.33
02:00......6,233........651.....43.40
02:10......6,487........254.....16.93

190.00 minutes total
34.14 words per minute average

In case you don’t want to take a glance further down the page, this day in history:

2004: 0
2003: 4,009
2002: 7,988
2001: 3,034

So, better than last year, but nowhere near that sophmore slump of the 2002! Tomorrow I’m going to try for about the same. 13,000 a weekend should allow me to cruise into the end of the month in style (who knows, maybe I’ll write an extra long novel this year).