August 2016 challenge – Sheryl R. Hayes

Results of the August Word Count Challenge

At the beginning of August, I stared a word count challenge with some friends. My goal was to write 30,000 words over the course of the month, or 968 words a day. I managed to write 15,221 words, for an average of 491 a day. Not anywhere near my goal, but somewhat respectable. Part of […]

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August Challenge

I’ve had a problem maintaining word count lately. Actually, that’s not true. I’ve had an abysmal time maintaining word count lately. Thanks to depression, exhaustion, and uncertainty, I’ve come up against a hard stop. I’m lucky to grind out 100 words a night. At this point I’m 42 words into this post. It has been