25,000

Earlier this year and by that I mean May I challenged myself to a task .That task was by no means an easy one.I decided that I wanted to write a book , or as I like to call it a "collection of words".Book seems far too professional and worthy and a story too childlike.I did some research and found out that the average length is 80,000 words Which is hell of a lot of words ,which shouldn't be that shocking but it is .


I've been writing since May and still only just hit 25,000 words but that is an achievement worthy of a blog post . It's double the longest thing I have ever written before ( An extremely dodgy dissertation ).


25,000.


1/4 and a bit .


Let's do this!


I've set a myself a target of Christmas .If I've been writing it for two months and not forgotten about it ,surely I can do this? I don't write every day because I don't have inspiration every day. Simple as that but if only write a few thousand words in a whole week ,I'll still achieve my goal . The goal isn't to actually have anyone read it ,I would never let that happen because I hate criticism of any kind. Perhaps if I thought I'd written a masterpiece ,but let's get real I'm not Jane Austen. I don't want people ripping my writing to shreds.


Now to write the rest of it! 

Secret Ambition : Why not?

Secret ambitions .Do we all have them ? This blog itself is totally secret from anyone in my real life , I don't even post it to my twitter feed because I know one of my friends follows me . I think everyone has that deep down pipe dream they wish could make happen .It could be anything .It just that some people have the confidence and means to make that happen ,to turn it from a dream to reality . Mine is utterly stereotypical ,it's been there in back of head for years . It's an ambition countless people have but never achieve . 


I want to write a book .


Even writing it down seems a bit pathetic ,I mean me of all people . My written English is terrible for a native speaker ,I look back my blogs and see the mistakes even after I've run them through several spelling and grammar checkers. For me it's about achieving something ,sitting down and actually finishing a project . To have something of some magnitude that I've completed . I know I have the imagination to do it , so why can't I do this? It helps that an idea for a story lodged itself in my head and has yet to disappear .So what if it's actually rubbish , it's not about anyone seeing it .I want do something I AM proud of . 


I don't have the time issues that effect a lot of would be writers . I don't want to wait in till November novel writing month ( or whatever it's called ) because I am as and when person ,with no patience to wait when I have an idea . Strike while the iron is hot . 


I am going to do this .

This time I will achieve something .