I had a great week after half term when my friend and fantastic author, Jon Mayhew, came to visit Cornwall and spent some time at my children's school. Chatting to him moved my mental focus on with the WIP and having done a fair bit more planning I have managed to relaunch the novel. This week alone I have written and additional 4000 words which is huge, as I have not written anything for over a year. It was the wake up push I needed and although Jon probably did not know his visit had this impact on me, I am so grateful that it did. So now the word count is over 30,000 words and we are heading towards half way which is exciting. If I can keep this focus then I will be finishing my first draft well within the goal that I set at the start of the year. It feels good to be writing again and as I am also reading it to my youngest at the moment I can already see places for improvement change and sharpening of the characters which is also positive. Liking the half full approach that I am having at the moment!! I feel this is achievable and not a crazy thing to do, unlike the penguin in the picture!
