NaNoWriMo: Week 3

Things are already slowing down. I'm at 12,406 words and only anticipate three more days of NaNoWriMo writing. It's doubtful I'll get to even my reduced goal of 20,000 words, and I'm fine with that. The slowdown is due to a significant shift in my writing schedule. As I've mentioned before, I do all my writing on weekdays while on my morning and evening trains - two hours a day, ten hours a week - with no writing at night or on weekends. Those two hours a day that I write on the train are the ones I'd otherwise spend doing serious reading or, on the evening train, serious napping. Sleep deprivation for the sake of writing is one thing, but I've found myself quite driftless by not being absorbed in a book. I can't give up serious reading (my time at home is spent in other pursuits, with the only reading being casual - usually magazines), so I've decided to divide up my work week - until I have a finished first draft of The Night, I'll be writing Monday through Wednesday, and leave Thursday and Friday for reading. I think I'll be much happier with this arrangement.

I've posted another excerpt from the novel at my NaNoWriMo page (under the "Novel Info" tab) for what I hope is your reading enjoyment.