Argh!  Scrivener is a PITA!  I should do all the tutorials but I’m like men asking for directions when it comes to learning software–I don’t ask for help but persevere!  I’ve xferred (imported) my first draft Word document into it, thinking my draft 2 would be easier to refine if I used Scrivener tools.  I still think this and still think it’s a worthy effort but just GAAAAAHHH!!!

Alas, no editing on the novel prior to this one yet I’ve happily culled out 5000 words of the YA one I just finished.  Priorities are not in sync with my goals here.  Must adjust.  Must also get beta read comments to author so I can mark that goal achieved too.

Made some progress on the other beta reading though, so that’s good.

My cumulative stats are updated on my ROW80-2 page.

Linky for the other ROW80 participants is up and ready for you to share the encouragement with my peers.  Thanks for the read!

As of the cutoff date of this report, my YA novel was at 98,900 words.  Today, I wrote “The End” at 100,500 words.  So mark my goal of completing draft 1 of one of my WIPs as ACHIEVED!!

I’ll be transferring it to Scrivener for editing and software learning purposes now.

This leaves my goals of editing my other WIP so I can get it to a new beta reader, wrapping up my beta read by transcribing and sending the author my notes, and writing 3000 new words a week on anything I like, still to be achieved.  It feels daunting but as long as I know I’m working, I’ll get done what I get done.  If I were slacking, I’d feel guilty.  All I can say now is I might have set my goals too aggressively.  That’s not a guilt-inducing realization but a lesson.

My cumulative stats are updated on my ROW80-2 page.

Linky for the other ROW80 participants is up and ready for you to share the encouragement with my peers.  Thanks for the read!