Wednesday Update #11

Despite what my word counter says I actually wrote 4,000 words this week. I had to delete 1,000 words that where leading nowhere. My weekly word count goal is 5,000 words, so I hope I can reach that today (yay!)

Thank you all so much for your comments on my post yesterday! I hadn't written for four days before that becasue of said scene that wasn't leading anywhere. Writing that snip-it got me wanting back in that world and your comments encouraged me to keep pressing forward.

Did I mention I have the best followers ever? Because I do!

In other news, I got the Liebster award, again!

Thanks Elizabeth Varden!

I really shouldn't be allowed to have this becasue I have over 200 followers, but I'm hording it anyway muah-hahahaha!

So what about you guys? What's inspired you this week?

Comments

Ava Jae said…
I had a really brilliant editing session yesterday--I actually didn't make that many changes, but it sort of hit me that I love the way the WIP is turning out. So that was pretty amazing.

Congrats on your progress (and the Liebster award again)! Keep it up!
October 19, 2011 at 7:49 AM
Joanne said…
It's a pouring-rain day here today, which to me, is the perfect writing day ... Time to get my fingers typing!
October 19, 2011 at 8:32 AM
Melanie Fowler said…
Haha, so something that has inspirned me this week actually has been the thrid campagin challenge. I was able to use one of my characters and create a story with him. It was awesome. I'm looking forward to writing more now!
October 19, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Patricia T. said…
Like the goals you set for yourself regarding your writing.

Stockpiled a number of blogs, so I can have some time to write and read.
October 19, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Kelley said…
Good luck on reaching your goal this week.

My inspiration was stopping at his really neat restaurant in the middle of no where Indiana. It's called GoodFellas and had that gangsta theme.

It was so cool
October 19, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Sarah Pearson said…
This post has inspired me today to push on and finish the first draft that's overdue (by my own self-imposed deadline!)
October 19, 2011 at 9:17 AM
Emily R. King said…
Your word count isn't what matters as much as you knowing that most of it is leading somewhere golden.
Congrats on the award! Hehehe.
October 19, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Krista said…
Wow, you kept 3 out of 4the words. Thats great!
October 19, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Jenny S. Morris said…
Congrats on the award! I think even if you delete, you should be able to count the words. ;0)
October 19, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Mark Noce said…
Glad to hear that the muse is speaking to you:) For myself, I'd like just a little more freetime to actually get a chance to listen to my muse some more:)
October 19, 2011 at 11:05 AM
cherie said…
Yay for you for conquering that scene. Keep on writing!

<3
October 19, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Laila Knight said…
Congratulations! You deserve it. I need a little peace and quiet today to be inspired. :)
October 19, 2011 at 12:52 PM
The Golden Eagle said…
Good luck reaching your goal!

Congratulations on the award. :)
October 19, 2011 at 2:15 PM
Abby Fowers said…
Yay on the award! That is awesome. And I love the goal of 5K a week. Very good goal. I wrote 3K the other day but have to delete part of it. Going to do some more writing after checking in on a few blogs tho.
October 19, 2011 at 2:22 PM
Steph Schmidt said…
Yay! Sometimes writing something super random and not-a-blog-post makes things fall into place.

I really liked that challenge because I got to have the thrill of throwing down words and not caring about revising, back story or voice. Not that I'm having those problems at all with my current project. *cough* Nope.
October 19, 2011 at 5:42 PM
WritingNut said…
Ooh.. good luck on reaching your goal! You can do it :) And congratulations on your award!
October 19, 2011 at 6:09 PM
MTeacress said…
I admire your wordcount! You're doing very well - it challenging to make time for it, isn't it? I have a hard time too. :)
October 19, 2011 at 9:19 PM
MTeacress said…
oops...I meant, "It's challenging". It's a pet peeve of mine when I claim to right but cant spel wurth beens.
October 19, 2011 at 9:20 PM
Peggy Eddleman said…
I'm with you. It was blog followers inspiring me! Congrats on all the word count progress! I need to be more like you.
October 19, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Angela Brown said…
You have some aggressive goals. More importantly, seems you got the determination to make it happen. Keep it up.
October 19, 2011 at 11:49 PM
LynNerdKelley said…
Woo hoo for the 4,000 words this week. Those 1,000 you deleted still count. My blogging buds are always supportive and inspiring, and I'm discovering that little writing competitions also motivate me, so I'm going to try NaNoWriMo for the first time. I hope I'm not biting off more than I can chew, but if I don't try it, I'll never know!
October 20, 2011 at 1:27 AM
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