Writing Update

My writing partner in crime Joe called an hour ago to check in on my progress. We resolved to both reach 10,000 words tonight. We are so behind that we will need to write over 2,500 words a day to catch up. I'm at 8,381 right now and it's 10:12 pm. I should be able to do it by midnight, but it will be rough. My pace is all off on it. If I really am a fifth of the way through my story, I'm really behind. I need to get into the meat of it faster, or do what Jacob did and just keep writing beyond 50,000 until the book is finished at a pace that works. Tonight I'm working on making it a bit more upbeat and girly - I did not want this to end up being a woe-is-me tale, so I'm adding a hackneyed trip to a martini bar and a ladies night out chapter right now.

I ate like a jerk today - chinese with coworkers and made burritos for dinner. Both ruled, but probably do not need to be consumed in the same day.

Tomorrow night is writing night, at a place with no internet so I'll be forced to work harder.