Category Archives: Writing

Day 24

Cracked 40K! After the slog that was 35-40K, I finally feel like this is doable.

40,830 / 50,000
(81.7%)

First word: neither

Last word: listen

Random sentence: Then, he stopped, and over his shoulder, as if it was an afterthought, when clearly it wasn’t, clearly it was the whole point of this encounter, he said, “Hey, Gabriel wanted to know if your sister’s okay.”

Day 23

One week to go!

39,112 / 50,000
(78.2%)

First word: That

Last word: yes

Random sentence: “I thought you were gone. When you didn’t answer, I thought it had happened again…”

Day 22

37,536 / 50,000
(75.1%)

First word: Laura

Last word: revealed

Random sentence: She went over to the low bookshelf that ran along the wall under her window, and plucked off a fat, beat-up paperback, the kind you find in used bookstores, with a broken spine, waterlogged cover, and yellowing pages.

Day 21

35,721 / 50,000
(71.4%)

First word: He

Last word: lady

Random sentence: Behind her, Mahone looked on with the smug expression of a sibling who knows everyone else is up shit creek, except for her.

Day 20

34,034 / 50,000
(68.1%)

First word: He

Last word: issued

Random sentence: He went back to the window and started sketching the scene across the street.

Day 19

32,316 / 50,000
(64.6%)

First word: Calle

Last word: lightening

Random sentence: My shrink explained it’s kind of like if when your computer crashes and you restore the memory, you lose everything you did after your last backup.

Day 18

30,731 / 50,000
(61.5%)

First word: I

Last word: Honest

Random sentence: She led him through the gloom of the foyer, up a regular set of stairs to a landing, and then through a skinny door and up a narrow set of stairs to the attic.

Day 17

29,011 / 50,000
(58.0%)

First word: Laurelyn

Last word: morning

Random sentence: Telling someone they have high blood pressure and they need to get on medication, stop smoking, and lose some weight will undoubtedly prolong their life, but it hardly has the same impact as seeing someone come in looking like a tenderized steak and walk out looking like a semblance of a normal human being.

Day 16

27,260 / 50,000
(54.5%)

First word: I’m

Last word: inviting

Random sentence: He bolted through the sliding doors, outside into air that smelled alive, not pickled.

Day 15

Halfway there!

(eep! Halfway through the month. eeeee!)

25,542 / 50,000
(51.1%)

First word: He

Last word: too

Random sentence: “Well, if it isn’t Jonah fucking Elliott, back from the dead.”