After I finished writing yesterday, I figured out that one scene that I’d summarized in a paragraph really needed to be written out — about 1200 words. Wrote that tonight. So here’s the official word count. I’m not where I wanted to be — wanted to write the first 2000 words of chapter eleven tonight. […]
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The good news tonight was that typing up chapter ten, 2800 words turned into 3500. Which means the last 1000 words I wrote up, which I did not want to put into chapter ten, goes in as the first scene of chapter eleven, which is where I wanted it to fall. Here’s the official word
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–I’m currently at 35,965 words. This means I only have another 4000 to go for this weekend. I need to write chapter ten, basically. I need to plot out chapter ten first, however. Always helps if I have a clue about what I’m supposed to be writing. –While outlining chapter nine, I realized that the
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I knew that the only way I’d get in my writing today was to write both at noon, then after work. So I did 500 words at noon, about 1000 later, before going out to eat dinner with a friend. I haven’t typed up everything I’ve written — I have at least another 500+ words,
Tonight I spent some time plotting. I was unsatisfied with that. I found scenes I needed to write but this book still feels short so far. Either the scenes I have picked will turn out to be longer than planned, or I’ll end up with additional before and after scenes, tagged onto the major ones
Though I had a lot to write this weekend, it felt really good. I ended up doing more than I’d planned, and it just flowed again. I’m very please. But now I really need to do more plotting. Stupid messy center of the book. Here’s the official word count: 29,913 / 60,000 The word count
I made curry tonight from one of my favorite cookbooks 5 Spices, 50 Dishes. While the curry was good, the recipe says that it gets better as it ages, and I believe it. It tasted — I don’t know — light. I served it over cauliflower rice. Yum. It was a lot of work, however.
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I am officially declaring victory. 7000 words, baby. I haven’t typed up all those words yet. I’ll start tonight, probably not finish until tomorrow morning. Still. I only managed about 1000 on Friday, less than that on Saturday, and the rest today. The main reason I’m doing this is as part of the Clarion West
On the way to Jaycon. Had to be in the Seattle office for the day job yesterday, then went out to dinner then the Clarion West party. Only managed 1000 words, but I’m okay with that. Wrote another 800 it so this AM. Will write more tonight. This morning I wrote the scene I wanted
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So — I thought I had a higher word count than I did. I must have added something together twice. Because though I wrote 1700 words yesterday, the official word count is up only a couple hundred. Damn. 13,110 / 60,000 So — if I’m to make my deadline for the week, I need to