Backsliding

I'm supposed to have 45,000 words written by now, according to The Schedule. Instead of that, I have 42,141 words written—fewer than last week. I blame the fact that I had to cut some verbiage from the introduction that was left over from my prospectus and thus way vague.

Still, this anti-progress is a bit...troubling. We may have to declare another Evenings in the Library Study Carrel Season of Doom like the good old days when I was studying for comps—but one hopes without the accompanying ulcer this time.