Got back comments from my advisor. He's happy with the work done on my second manuscript. Minor edits needed. More importantly, I got the greenlight to submit it to the journal after corrections. My target is next Wednesday!
I didn't get the chance to finish the chapter yesterday but its not a big deal to be fair, I already wrote nearly double the amount I normally do. Today I read through what I had written for the previous week, I managed to write 30 pages, which is a lot. As I approach the end of the book I expect to be speeding up, not because I'm rushing to finish it or anything, but just because the last third of the book is by far my favourite part of it, so its very fun to write. That said, taking the rest of the weekend off like usual.
Started a new chapter, got 1500 words done. Hope to get this chapter done by the end of the week, maybe even start another. At the same time, I am conscious that I may be rushing a bit, even if I dont mean to be.
Didn't write over the weekend. Went to a golf range and was sore the next day. New respect to golfers! Wrote 1100 words for my current design report since Monday. I have been revising the design in consultation with the client ever since then. Hopefully I can finish the report by Friday!
1430 words today. Really great progress made this week. 27 pages done, bringing me up to a rough total of 356 pages and 126,000 total words.
Got another 1000 words written for my design report. Sent some drawings off to the client. Waiting on feedback. Finished editing my second manuscript! Submitted to the journal two hours ago. A big weight off my shoulders now. Gonna draft the outline for the third and final manuscript of the thesis. Getting there!
The plan is to compile the thesis and have my defence by October. After that, I'm all in on the job hunt.
2200 words today, finishing the chapter. I'll be honest, I think I'm going to start taking Wednesday off or something as a midweek break, because I keep getting too invested in what I am doing, and its affecting my ability to get much else done in the day because I am focusing so much on writing. I meant to write for 2 hours or so today, and instead I wrote for more than 3, its becoming excessive. Not to mention its pointless, as I am not working towards a deadline.
I spent most of my working session today planning out the rest of the chapters in much more detail, so I (hopefully) cant fall into the repeated trap of every single chapter being way longer than I want it to be. Despite this, I still ended up with some time to write so I wrote 1100 words. I hope to get the chapter done by the end of the week.
So I got a minor setback yesterday. The journal won't review the paper because it's outside their scope. I'll have to submit to another journal. I've been reading and working on reformatting the manuscript to the new requirements. I'm trying to submit by tomorrow.
No writing till next week. Gonna just read through and edit what I already have and recharge for Monday.