Whew. My experiment with no time or page goals for Thurs to Sun (today) went well. I wanted to have 6 to 8 pages for the ICM and ended up with 6 brand spanking new pages plus a revision of 2 pages I already had for Chapter 2. Muchly pleased. If I had to estimate the time I put in I'd go for 10 hours including revisions I made to the first draft efforts. What I found most pleasant, was my ability to silence my perfectionist side and Just Write my first draft without getting too worried about my language. I also had a wonderful moment where I was able to use the group's discussion over the non-word barterndress within my story as Carl and the alleged bartendress had a similar argument. I'm going to let my next "assigned hours" wait until next Thurs to Sun. I have a strong belief that I will make efforts between now and then, but, I will allow them to fall into the category of "gravy," and allow myself to decompress a bit. I have few hundred words past what I submitted today of Chapter 2, so my next sit down will be a continuation, not another ground up operation, as was the week past.
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