Fast Fiction

Since it’s Sunday, I figured Sabor y Cultura was a good bet. Parking is always easier over there on Sundays because there’s no time limit. But I forgot about the Hollywood Christmas Parade. No parking on Hollywood Blvd. today. No matter, I found a spot in their parking lot instead of on the street.

time......running tally....words...words/minute
1:30 PM.......36,008..........0.......0
1:45 PM.......36,533........525......35.00
2:00 PM.......37,175........642......42.80
2:15 PM.......37,810........635......42.33
2:30 PM.......38,409........599......39.93
2:45 PM.......39,026........617......41.13
3:00 PM.......39,565........539......35.93
3:15 PM.......40,223........658......43.87
3:30 PM.......40,778........555......37.00
3:45 PM.......41,227........449......29.93
4:00 PM.......41,823........596......39.73
4:15 PM.......42,374........551......36.73
4:30 PM.......42,915........541......36.07
4:37 PM.......43,164........249......35.57

Session summary:
38.27 words per minute average
7,156 words today
3 hours and 7 minutes

To Date Summary:
21 hours 40 minutes of writing so far
33.15 words per minute average
6,836 words left
3.44 hours of writing left on pace

This date in History:
2004: 42,108
2003: 34,512
2002: 35,482
2001: 42,589

Happily there was no recurrance of food poisoning either, which means a normal length writing session. I still need another long session to finish up my 50K, possibly two to bring the story to a close. I don’t really want to talk about where I’m at with the actual story, but I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how my characters might score some crack for their drug addicted travelmate. Luckily they know as little on the subject as I do and the fumbling around produces thousands of words and a very, very, very long and wordy argument.