This morning I woke up at 5 am. Try as I might I just couldn't fall asleep. The house was quiet, even the dogs were well into their dreams. When I realized that I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, I carefully got out of bed and headed into the dining room where we have our computer. I felt it would be a good idea to use this time wisely. It was time to write.
For the past few days I hadn't been able to get any writing done. The children, the dogs, and even my husband tend to make far too much noise about the house. I have difficulty concentrating on the words when there are so many distractions. When I write, I prefer to have as much silence as possible. This was perfect.
Sitting at the computer I began to type away. The words flowed from my fingertips and flooded the page. I didn't stop until my children woke up and the dogs begged to be let out. I'm extremely thankful that I had that time, even if I'm not much of a morning person. At least I was able to write 2244 words. If I'm able to get any writing done the rest of the day then I'll definitely make my 3000 word quota for the day. Considering that over the past 3 days I was lucky to get even 2000 words total, this is a huge victory.
Now it's time to feed the kids and the dogs and start my day. Who knows, perhaps the next time the kids are home from school I should wake up this early again. At the very least it'll keep me productive on those days where nothing ever seems to get done.
I was going to post a bit that I wrote today. Unfortunately, with how far into the book I am (a little more than halfway through) I thought it might be too much of a spoiler. There are many scenes in the story that I would love to share on here, or anywhere. What do you think? Would posting a snippet from the middle of the book ruin it for you? Feel free to let me know in the comments.
Just keep writing...
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