WIP Status (cont)

I'm working on Chapter Five now of the novel. I did not finish with the first scene in it during my night's writing (as was my plan), but I am happy with my progress. My word count is just over 15,000 words now. I'm feeling good about this. I hope to reach 20,000 words by Sunday night.

I've been allowing some friends to read the story as I progress. I know some writers advise against this, but I'm finding that it is helping me to stay on my writing track. Their interest in knowing what happens next has kept me providing installments, so to speak. So, if it works, I'm going to keep doing it.