I did a BIAW.
A 'book in a week' challenge, inspired or modelled on NaNoWriMo which is held every November (this has to be on every writer’s ‘to do’ list, including mine).
The BIAW is a commitment to write or edit to a specified word count in one week (definitely not a whole book). Midnight to midnight.
The first time this came around I thought I’d be completely ridiculous and put myself down for 5000 words. It seemed to be the magic number others in the RWA Aspirers group, I belong to, were putting out there.
In reality I knew 5000 words was never going to happen. Not in my kind of week.
But just that thought (and having to report back to the group) fuelled me to prove myself wrong.
With an exercise book and pen, I wrote and wrote and wrote. Anywhere, anytime between everything else crammed into that week, I wrote and wrote. I ignored mistakes and my inner critic doing its best to distract me. Words on the page. That’s all that mattered.
As the deadline loomed, I blocked out all the chaos around me and willed my hand to keep moving across the page.
5,010 words.
Beyond thrilled!