OK I'm on day 3 of Actually Writing and at 7000 words (of which I'll probably end up ripping out a bunch but better to get those garbage words done sooner than later?)

OK to be completely transparent it's 6998 words

10,255 today

14, 392

16,650 which is a drop from the streak of the last couple of days because I didn't get started until noon, but it's fine

18,035--like pulling teeth today, kind of just hit a hard patch that I have to wrestle with a bit. hopefully tomorrow will be better.

20,316

23,960

27,096 and I might get a little more in today?

28,937 which is not a lot words-wise but I think...these two chapters are done or at least as done as they can be for sending to my committee?

done today, for a new chapter: 1,729—not a ton but there's kind of more thinking-through-the-structure work that has to go in here and I got a later start because I did a research interview in the morning

total: 30,666 (hell yeah 666)

2,535 today / 33,201 total

OK I know there are Bigger Things happening today but for what it's worth

2,423 / 35,624

having to do a lot more document checking for this chapter so it's moving slower but now that I know 10K words is like "normal" chapter length I am less freaked out