{"id":7078,"date":"2017-07-06T10:17:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=7078"},"modified":"2017-09-06T20:14:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T01:14:46","slug":"80-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2017\/07\/06\/80-days\/","title":{"rendered":"80 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PileOne of my favorite people to follow online is Alastair Humphreys<\/a>. I have several of his books (and recommend Microadventures<\/em><\/a> to anyone).<\/p>\n

Alastair recently tweeted about accepting an 80-day challenge. The challenge is geared more toward adventure, but Alastair decided to do something different.<\/p>\n

His challenge: finish the book he’s working on.<\/p>\n

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Follow @MrMarkBeaumont<\/a> on his bold new challenge. He’s inspired me to finish writing my book in 80 days. What’s #your80days<\/a> Challenge?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Alastair Humphreys (@Al_Humphreys) June 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a challenge that has stuck around in my mind (finishing a book). In fact, yesterday, I made this:<\/p>\n

\"Grid<\/p>\n

End in Sight<\/h2>\n

I can see an end to the rewrite on the novel-in-progress<\/a>. Pushing through a couple foggier chapters puts me into a place of having the rest of the novel mostly done…at least in a sense of knowing what happens. (And some of those later chapters are already fully complete.)<\/p>\n

I’ll probably be done before the 80 days is up, but I’m giving myself until September 22 before handing this novel off to a couple trusted readers who understand my goals as a writer and the kinds of stories I want to tell. (I like that the finish date happens to fall on the autumnal equinox — one of my favorite days of the year.)<\/p>\n

If I’m quiet during the next 2 1\/2 months, you know why…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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