Today I begin the epic quest to write and finish a novel in 30 days.
This will not be without difficulties, and so I have drawn up a list of rules that I must follow in order to be successful (and clean, with a job) over the next month. If I can stick to these, all will be well.Here they are:
1. Thou shalt not let the day job suffer- this is thy quest, not thy employer's.
2. Thou shalt write at least 1,667 words on a week day, and aim for 2,000.
3. Thou shalt not lie in on weekends, but shall rise with the dawn to write 2,500 words on those days.
4. Thou shalt not neglect thy terriers, for lo they will perform dirty protests if regular walkies are not adhered too.
5. Thou shalt not eat Haribo by the bucket, as thy is wont to do when sitting at a computer for lengthy periods of time.
6. Thou shalt not idle thy time waiting for more Candy Crush lives, but shall banish the iPad from thy sight until the daily word count is reached.
7. Thou shall make use of quiet moments to reflect on thy novel, and scribe every idea on post-its for future reference.
8. Thou shall shower every day and eat too, for a smelly and hungry writer is no joy to the world.
9. Thou shalt not go home to commence work on thy novel until planning is completed and books have been marked.
10. Thou shall phone thy parents at least twice a week, or face the wrath and woe of anxious fretting that thy have been eaten by terriers.
Keep an eye on my counter (the blue one, top right) and feel free to berate me if you think I'm not writing fast enough!
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