Stats
Week 20 Average Daily Wordcount: 3,476
Week 20 Total Wordcount: 24,334
January Total Wordcount: 57,774
Year Total Wordcount: 418,416
Words to go:
January: 25,560
Year: 581,584
This week has been stressful. Half my family has tested positive for COVID. Thankfully, everyone’s doing okay so far, but we’re not through the woods yet.
Given this anxiety-inducing situation, one might expect that my writing slipped this week, but as you can see from the stats, it isn’t so. In terms of writing, I actually had a pretty good week.
You know, it seems like people always go one of two ways: Either writing helps them get through the tough times, or they have to take a break from writing for self-care purposes. I’ve been on both sides of this coin and I’m not sure what makes me go one way or the other. I wish I did because then I would always use stress to fuel my writing. It doesn’t always work that way, though.
I’m grateful that, for at least this past week, writing has been a comfort for me. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I’m really enjoying what I’m currently working on. It makes escaping into my fictional world so much easier. I wonder what I would have done if this had all happened a month sooner when I was struggling to find something to write that I was really passionate about. I’m grateful that I don’t have to find out.
Anyway, what I learned this week is that writing can be healing. It can be a distraction. It can be a release.
I hope that you and all the people you love are doing well. Take care. Thanks for reading!
-Robin
Rambling Robin 