Entry for 4th March, 2008

31 Days to Write
a
50,000 Word Novel
DAY 04
Wordcount 8,531
I have been spurred on this evening by the thought of Couch Potato's threat and have managed to knock off a couple of thousand words. I am worried though because the weekend would normally be the time when I could move my wordcount forward significantly. However, my Significant Other has things to do on both Saturday and Sunday meaning that I am entertaining the Small Round Faced People for a fair part of my potential novel writing time. Unless I think of some way around this, Couch Potato's forfeit will come into play and I will be found naked and bleeding in some forgotten field near Ashgill.
I am wondering if it would be responsible parenting to leave the two children outside Starbucks in Easterhouse for an hour or two while I thump out a few high speed chapters? At first glance this might seem cruel. But which is the greater evil I ask you: a few hours in the cold for a pair of healthy youngsters, or the knowledge that they will have in later life that their selfishness has robbed me of one of my goals in life?
I would be doing them a favour really.