So, the whole daily posting thing kind of went out the window. Though, in all fairness, I did say I might not do daily posts. Daily posts are actually kind of hard. Anyway, let’s recap days two through five of the Rough Draft Challenge for me so far.

So day two, I was able to get 2,000 words written and added to my WIP. It was another great writing day. I’m enjoying these characters so far, but one of the said characters is a bit harder to write than the other. The story also has some dark bits to it, but I’m enjoying the plot so far. I wrote a pretty dark scene on Day 2, waiting to hear back from my alpha reader on that one.

Day 3 of the Rough Draft Challenge was a bit of a bust. Thursdays are typically pretty busy days for me and I didn’t have a chance to get a single word, sadly. So day three doesn’t have much of an update.

This week has been a bit of a bust other than hitting that 10k on the first day. I wasn’t able to get any major words on Day 4. Sadly, I had a bit of a rough day. I’m trying hard to give myself a bit of grace here, but my inner voice is telling me I’m behind now. Even though I’m not behind, I should be at around a little over 6k by Day four. I’m still ahead, but we all know how the inner voice tries to mess with us. Anyway, let’s see how Day 5 goes!

Day five was just what I needed! It was double down day over on author Sarra Cannon’s Hearties group and that meant I was supposed to…you know sit down and actually write some words. Well I did just that! On double down day you’re supposed to double what you would normally write. I didn’t meat that goal, but I did add some words to my word count. YAY!

By the end of Day five I was able to add another 2k to my word count and honestly, with the week I had, I was very happy with that.

So, even though I had a few rough days this week, I was able to get almost 15k words added to my WIP. That’s honestly not a bad start for the Rough Draft Challenge for me. I’m hoping this upcoming week will be better, but I know I should also celebrate my wins even if they’re not as big as I had hoped. 15k words isn’t a small feat and I know that.

Anyway, how are you all doing? Are you participating in the Rough Draft Challenge? If so, how’s your writing going?