The first day of writing went beautifully. It felt great to be writing fiction again and even better to see a long plot unrolling in front of me. I easily cleared the 1677 word target for the day, ending at 2110 words.

Friday didn’t go quite as well. I felt ill all day, and I decided to try and nap it off when I got home from work. That short nap lasted 12 hours, and I missed an entire day of writing. I’m still feeling off today, but I managed to bring the word count up to 3454. I’ll be sitting down to write soon, after I finish some cleaning, so I’m hoping to try and gain as much as I can today.

My parents are arriving in town tonight for a four day visit, and my brother will be here Tuesday night for a short visit as well, so it will be a little rocky finding time to write in the next few days. I feel fine skipping out on after-work activities to write, but I don’t feel right ignoring visitors when they’re only here for a short time. I should be able to hit my daily word target still, except possibly Tuesday, but I won’t be able to make much ground on the day I missed.

I was hoping to start off really strong this week, giving myself a little leeway later in the month, but instead I’m already behind. I’m a little annoyed at this, but I still feel like I have plenty of time to catch up. After this Tuesday, I don’t have any major blockers for the rest of the month, so I’m planning to try and raise my daily word count a little each day until I’m caught up.

The story is coming along very well, better than I had imagined. Some of my dialogue has been quite strong, the characters are starting to show their personalities, and I’m working on being more descriptive in my scenes. I’ve already surprised myself with some of what I’ve written, and that’s really great to see. Despite the rough start, my enthusiasm for this has only grown.