Falling Behind

So...yeah...it's three days into NaNoWriMo and I'm already way behind. My lofty thoughts of doing 5,000 words a day and finishing it in ten days have gone down like the Hindenburg. Even now, instead of writing my book, I'm writing this post. I would also like to add that I also have a cat on my lap and they are not the most conducive to the formation of novels. No matter what the Internet tries to convince you of.

I blame work, and work has been very time consuming. There is no denying that. When I spend the vast majority of my day either at work or traveling to and from, it does significantly cut down on my writing time. Although, if I'm going to be truly honest with myself (and you) the real reason is that my energy levels have taken a severe nosedive and the big reason for that is that I'm sleeping horribly. I wake up stiff and still tired and this morning I woke up feeling like I hadn't slept at all. When I'm tired like this, writing is not the most desirable thing in the world. Well, creative writing. This blog is requiring little thought so I have no issue writing it.

I'll try and put words to screen tonight, but my new plan is to take my laptop with me to work tomorrow and write on my "breaks". I need to do something to catch up. I have the following two days of from work, so that is when I will also be knocking out as much as I can.

On the upside, I do love the premise and the main character already. There's a lot of promise with this one and I'm really hoping it doesn't turn out reading like a rush job. I'm going to do everything possible to make it as good as possible with what time I have left. Who knows-maybe I'll achieve my desired word count on my days off. I hope so, anyway.

Well, I do need to sign off now. My novel beckons as well as my bed.