Tomorrow is the last day of February and I've said that this time, THIS TIME, I'm going to have this chapter draft done by the end of the month.
I lied.
But I am thisclose to having it done. It's messy and ugly and quite possibly the worst thing I've ever written, but it's close to at least being a completed mess. I'm at about 14,000 words and I still need to write the section about challenges to traditional notions of persuasion and might need a section on a pedagogy of rhetorical listening and I need to wrap up the rhetorical listening in the classroom section, but I feel like, at least for today, I'm at the end of my abilities.
We have friends coming into town tonight so my weekend is probably a lost cause. I only see them 2-3 times a year, at best, so I'm not willing to sacrifice my time with them for writing. But I think, I THINK, I can have this chapter done by mid week next week. It's possible that I could keep writing this afternoon, but my back hurts something fierce and there are dishes to be done.
So I give up. At least for now. But I wrote 6 pages today and that's something to celebrate.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Almost
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Hey, Abby--I stopped by to see how you guys are doing and it sounds like it went well today...6 pages is something to celebrate, I agree. And, if you'd like someone to read, for any reason, do let me know. Your readings of my work certainly helped me as I worked so let me know...K.
You know, we all make those little "promises/goals," and we don't always reach them. I like to look at them as stretch goals-- you know, you stretch the goal out further than you think you can reach-- and you might not reach it, but you'll get further along than you would have if you hadn't stretched. (make sense?) Anyway, you accomplished a lot . . . and you'll continue to accomplish a lot.
Thanks Billie and Kate. I like the idea of stretch goals. I'll make sure I post when I finish this [expletive] chapter!
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