Bad day for writing...
Day.....................Saturday 08
scheduled count...13,336
Actual count........12,250
Plus or minus........-1,056
Unfortunately I had a good feeling about writing today, but MAx, my 3 year old, had other ideas...I'll hopefully make up for it Sunday...

Feeling good aboutr it...
Day.....................Friday 07
scheduled count...11,669
Actual count..........12,080
Plus or minus........+589


But how does it relate to Entropy Gate? I promise that after the first part, which could be Sunday or Monday, I'll explain it all. It has caught me by suprise and I sometimes wonder why I didn't go for the idea of writing Jessica's story or something of the same ilk...yet, I do greatly enjoy the way the story is unfolding and though I know how it ends (as I do with all of my stories) the journey there is unknown and I am excited about all of the twists and turns so far...

STILL GOING
Day.....................Friday 07
scheduled count...11,669
Actual count..........11,530
Plus or minus........-139

I'll have that done shortly...I had to back up and erase some of last night's writing because IT WAS CRAP!!!!...I had some really awful stuff...It's interesting that it happened when it did. I'll explain more later if the theory proves to be true...meanwhile, I'm very happy with the direction of the story and plan to set up either a post of PART ONE or a synopsis when I hit day 10...I'm, also working on a "cover" page for the story...

STILL GOING
Day.....................Fri. 7
scheduled count...11,669
Actual count..........11,442
Plus or minus........-227

This is the first time I've worked on the story during the day...I'm thinking of printing it all out, going home for some lunch and reading what I have done so far. It should be no problem to punch out 227 words or more tonight.

WHAT A NIGHT!!!

First off...First Gate is ahead of schedule...

Day.....................Thurs. 6
scheduled count...10,002
Actual count........10,764
Plus or minus........+762

Second of all...BEN has posted a review of Entropy Gate Journey on his site...here it is.

Update...looks like I'm still ahead of schedule...groovy! And, I actually like what I'm writing. Here is what is odd, though, part one takes place in the 80's so I'm having to flashback to my highschool years...what a trip down memory lane!

Day.....................Wed. 5
scheduled count...8335
Actual count........8395
Plus or minus........+60

Here is a schedule of my progress...of course tonight, Wed. I am slightly behind schedule, but that is only due to the fact that my 5 year old keeps coming into my den when he should be asleep. I still have a few hours to write and should be on task soon.

WEEK ONE

Day.....................Sat. 1
scheduled count...1667
Actual count........2028
Plus or minus.......+361

Day.....................Sun. 2
scheduled count...3334
Actual count........3705
Plus or minus.......+371

Day.....................Mon. 3
scheduled count...5001
Actual count........5716
Plus or minus.......+715

Day.....................Tue. 4
scheduled count...6668
Actual count........7264
Plus or minus.......+596

Day.....................Wed. 5
scheduled count...8335
Actual count........7827
Plus or minus.......-508

A few hundred words behind...oh no!

NOVEMBER 2, 2003

I'm closing down shop now...day two and I'm 715 words ahead of schedule...we'll see how the week pans out.

EXCELLENT!!!

Things are going well, though I heard bad news from Ben re: his writing. I have surpassed my daily goal and have actually come out 371 words ahead of schedule as of 11:00 Nov. 2...Since part one takes place in the eighties I have been really fascinated about how much of 1985 I actually remember...kooky stuff, that! Well, one hour of 11/2/03 left...must get writing!

DAY TWO...

I've taken the November challenge and it looks like it's going to be tough but doable...At the end of day two I should have 3334 words written in order to make the 50,000 word deadline...I'm at 2726 and it's 1:30 am on the second day! Whoo Hoo! Ahead of schedule...I can crank out 608 easily before the day is over and I'll have two extra hours on Monday!