May I Write a Novel Challenge Progress Check – May 08-14, 2025

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Still on May 16, but here we are, taking stock of the second seven days of the May I Write a Novel Challenge.

May 8

No challenge words; background research and notes for videos was the order of the day.

Day Words: 0; Month Words: 7,348

May 9

Tried to be more social… This had consequences, and while I did more background research for my game videos, I could not break the on spectrum repercussions enough to make good words. I still got some words, however. I will have to rethink this social thing.

Day Words: 376; Month Words: 7,724

May 10

Focused on updating both YouTube channels, but got some words done. Decisions had to be rethunk and followed through on.

Day Words: 340; Month Words: 8,064

May 11

No words. RL stressors made a solid impact—ie dealing with medical paperwork, and attempting to be social is a tricksy business and there was internal (on-spectrum) fallout that needed to be dealt with. This cannot be allowed to continue; I have to be better than this.

Day Words: 0; Month Words: 8,064

 

May 12

Cleared the decks to start removing alternative activities I needed to prioritize over writing. Reordered the schedule, updated both the writing channel and game play channel, edited, and published. Made a social decision and found it wasn’t as horrible as it could have been. Dealt with more personal admin that couldn’t be avoided. Am starting to hack my own head enough to deal with the constant changes and pressures of this phase.

Day Words: 1,226; Month Words: 9,290

 

 

May 13

No words; worked on editing, formatting and writing video channel. Took some downtime in the afternoon to clear my head.

Day Words: 0; Month Words: 9,290

May 14

Was another day of working through being frozen in place by doubt – self- as well as doubt things are ever going to work. It was a real BlackboardEeyore kind-of-day. Noted that making words for someone else was easier than making them for myself, and tried anyway. Managed miniscule words.

Day Words: 181; Month Words: 9,471

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