Eighty Days of Accountability

When you post daily on the #100DaysofWriting Challenge, you don’t always “see” how much progress you’ve really made. It’s a little like hiking a steep trail in the deep woods. You know by your heart rate, ragged breathing, and leg fatigue that you’ve been working hard, but it’s not until you get a peek-a-boo view that you realize how much you’ve already accomplished.

These 20-day check-ins are the peek-a-boo views on my journey to the summit (published book). In the past 20 days, I finished the third draft (including rewrite, edit, and polish) of my first book. I sent that draft to my editor. I loosely plotted Book 2 of the series. AND (but wait, there’s more!) I’ve already written 14 chapters of Book 2.

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As writers, we struggle and toil in whatever our writing process is so that we get to say, “That’s a hell of a view, folks.” as we hold our published book in our sweaty hands.  For me, it seems to work best to have daily accountability.

What have you accomplished in the last 20 days?