WorldEmber 2020 Plan For Success

Step 1: My writing space

This is my room. It has a door. This is as private as I can get. Note headphones for noise elimination, and also water for hydration. And it's my bed, so if I leave it messy then I can't sleep at night, so it'll stay nice.

Step 2: My writing speed

Sprint 1: 607 words
Sprint 2: 130 words (I got a little distracted)
Sprint 3: 358 words Average speed: 12 words per minute

Step 3: My writing schedule (approximately)

10,000/12= 833 minutes to complete WorldEmber
833/60= 14 hours to complete WorldEmber
14*1.25= 17.5 hours including slush time to complete WorldEmber

I plan on writing Monday through Saturday, minus Christmas and New Year's Eve, which leaves me with 25 days. My schedule (fingers crossed) is pretty regular. My Pacemaker schedule In theory, the above link will lead to my plan on Pacemaker, but if it doesn't, it estimates 42 minutes a day. So I'll round up to 45, probably doing it in a series of 3 sprints through the day. Sprint #1: 10:00-10:15am (between my morning and afternoon work, but after breakfast)
Sprint #2: 5:45-6:00pm (after afternoon work)
Sprint #3: 9:00-9:15pm (night, flexible, taking advantage of my weirder side that comes out when I get tired)
On Saturday, I'll probably just do it whenever I can fit it because it's a rather changeable day.

Step 4: My support groups

Mom: good for bouncing ideas off
Dad: valuable source of very random scientific information for making my sci-fi pseudo accurate
Brother: encouragement and plot advice
Just-Us League: writing group, great for venting and sympathy and ideas
Best friend: uncompromising support
Local writer friend: good for commiseration and celebrating wins