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Word count at start of day: 49707
Word count at end of day: 51425

Getting momentum back is hard. I should really learn how to write when there's noise and distraction, but to be honest I sometimes find it hard when I've got the house to myself and silence. At least I can impose punishment on myself in those cases; the nature of my house means if there's anyone in the house, they're in the same room as me. Open plan is over-rated, my next house has doors.
And preferably a study. God what I'd give for a study. Just a place where, once I close the door, this is the place to work. As it is I've got the end of the kitchen table, and my "work activation ritual" involves moving chairs and getting a cup of tea. It's sort of working. As long as no-one's in.
I've set myself a new challenge. Firstly, I want to have finished my first draft by my 30th birthday. On my 29th I said I would have written a novel by the time I was 30. This has looked variously unlikely over the last 11 months, but right now, if I buckle down, I could do it. It would be really cool to do it.
I can actually do it without upping my daily word count too much. Working on the basis of a 100,000 word novel (the way it's looking right now, probably), I need to write 1700 or so words a day, 5 days a week, for the next 6 weeks. I can normally manage 1000 words in about half an hour, so it shouldn't be too hard. Assuming I don't get distracted. And god am I easily distracted. However, to motivate myself, I'm going to pay my boyfriend £5 every time I fail to meet my weekly 8500 words.
Half a novel written in 6 weeks, when the previous half has taken a year. Here's to determination...