I'm certainly not the winner of the InaDWriMo challenge, but it was good for me nonetheless. I had set aside all of November for writing with the ultimate goal of a complete first draft of a new manuscript. I did produce a draft but it is still very rough. My word meter reports my progress at ~50%. Since I only have one other completed (but not submitted) manuscript, I had a hard time estimating a word goal. I think 8000 was too much. In fact I'd say my word count won't change much but that 50% finished is pretty accurate.
November wasn't a total failure though. I heavily revised a paper I'm working on with Awesome Technician (the ball is currently in her court) and I made lots of progress on the Paper That Will Never Get Submitted. It was that diminishing returns stage of progress though, so it didn't necessarily feel like a lot for the amount of time I spent on it. Anyway, Academic Advisor says he has nothing more to contribute so now I'm waiting for Research Advisor to read it. still.
I had intended to go back to lab work in December but I'd like to push ahead with the paper as well. My goals for the year included finishing the lab work for Chapter 3 and I might be able to do that with some concerted effort. I think I'm going to work on the paper for a few hours each morning and then shift to the lab for the bulk of the day.
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