Where's the pressure actually coming from? Is it your direct manager pushing this, or is it a policy from higher up that they're just passing down?

Nah @hill.margaret, the whole experience makes it legendary.

You know, when you ask what made me stop the daily practice... it wasn't really the word count or losing the thread. I mean, those things can be part of it, but for me, it was more about the pressure itself. Having to write every single day made it feel like a chore instead of something fun. I started dreading sitting down to write because it was this rigid rule I set. So I stopped to get back to why I wanted to write in the first place, just for the joy of it. Maybe that sounds silly, but forcing it daily took the spark out.

Hold on, that number matches my manual just fine. The factory put out a change a while back to correct it. Might want to check for the latest revision insert. Sometimes those get missed when the book is filed. My copy has a sticky note on that page from the update. Always good to double check the revision date before starting a job.

So you're saying the stains are like proof that chapter five actually got to him? Those middle chapters where the dread builds are where a book becomes a real object you interact with, not just words. The spine cracks and the pages get messed up right where the story digs its claws in. It's kind of cool that you can see where a reader got stuck in, just from a coffee ring or a bent page.