Final ROW Check-in for Round 2

Wow!  I can't believe it's been 80 days already!  I have to say, I am so glad I found this challenge.  It has been unbelievably helpful in keeping me going.  The accountability of sharing my goals with a group of supportive people and reporting in every week (okay, I didn't make it every week) has been amazing.  I so appreciate everyone who read my posts and left supportive comments.  I will definitely be back for the next round.  I read many more of your posts than I actually left comments on, but I am going to try to do a better job leaving notes for people next time.

Okay, onward to the goals:

1) Write 25,000 words

I did it!  This week I wrote 3553 words, bringing my total for the round to 25,005.  Whoo hoo!

2) Post on Blog once a week - besides check-in posts
This one I didn't do quite as well on.  I missed a few weeks, and I almost never posted it on time.  Of course, it wasn't really stated in the original goal that I would post on a specific day of the week - that was kind of an internal add-on.  I think I may make that part of the goal official next round - maybe that will make me more likely to meet it.

3) Write first draft of short story
I didn't complete the draft, but I have finally started making progress on this story.  Many of the words I wrote this week were devoted to this project - both the actual draft and brainstorming.  I feel like I actually have an idea where it's going now, so yay!

4) Make progress on Last Words
Progress was made - most of the research and brainstorming variety.  But I feel like I'm moving forward, albeit more slowly than I would like.  And I didn't do something on this every week, as I'd originally planned, but hey, life happens, right?  The important thing is progress.

Overall, I feel pretty good about this round.  My writing habit is developing, I've made some progress on a couple of projects, and I'm excited about moving forward.  One of the things I really need to work on is not spending so much energy beating myself up for the things I didn't do.  That energy is much more productively used doing something now than worrying about what I didn't do last week.

I hope everyone else had a great round!  I'm already thinking about my goals and looking forward to the next one.

Happy writing!