Fast Fiction

It’s a long weekend and it’s quite a nice feeling to have all the socializing and obligation out of the way and know that the rest of the weekend the tasks at hand are laundry and writing.

I set out for The Silverlake Coffee Company again, because it’s been serving me well. My nerve/muscle spasm problem with my left forearm seems to have dissipated, hopefully because I switched my mouse buttons on my laptop and of course I mouse lefty at work, too. I’m a little troubled by the ergonomics of The Silverlake Coffee Company because of the table height and I might revert to Sabor y Cultura again tomorrow.

I’m still behind targets, and at this point I think I’m going to have to take one evening next week to finish up, as I doubt I will even attempt a 14K day tomorrow. There’s no need for me to finish early this year, as I have no party to plan, just my journey to the homeland of NaNoWriMo, which will be on December 1st.

time......running tally....words...words/minute
12:45 PM.......29,714..........0.......0.00
01:00 PM.......30,246........532......35.47
01:15 PM.......30,758........512......34.13
01:30 PM.......31,316........558......37.20
01:45 PM.......31,875........559......37.27
02:00 PM.......32,366........491......32.73
02:15 PM.......32,910........544......36.27
02:30 PM.......33,106........196......13.07
02:45 PM........break..........0.......0.00
03:00 PM.......33,780........674......44.93
03:15 PM.......34,284........504......33.60
03:30 PM.......34,935........651......43.40
03:45 PM.......35,407........472......31.47
04:00 PM.......36,008........601......40.07

Session Summary:
32.28 words per minute average
6,294 words today
3 hours and 15 minutes

To Date Summary:
18 hours and 35 minutes of writing so far
32.29 words per minute average
13,992 words left
7 hours and 15 minutes of writing left on pace

This Date in History:
2004: 35,175
2003: 34,512
2002: 35,482
2001: 40,388

The bulk of the text today took place in the past as I gave an account of how Daniel got the nickname Tragic at college. He leaves tomorrow for St. Louis. I really think he’s going to hit the road. Really.