TLDR; made my word count for the month. Have averaged 50K per month, so 100K YTD. Longer Version: I stopped paying attention to my total word count for the month basically on the tenth or so. I was afraid that it would depress me too much. I was spending too much time editing, going through […]
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I read an article recently by a guy who wanted to read more. (I am not linking to it because he also said stuff in it the pissed me off so much I keep coming back to, “Fuck you and the horse who rode you in.”) Something that I’ve always known, but I don’t feel
I’ve had several revelations revolving around writing recently, and I thought I would share. One of the things that Kris said at the SF workshop was that when I got stressed or tired, I would drop out of character voice, drop out of depth. On the plane ride home from the workshop, I started editing
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I finished writing the current novel! YAY! The last few days have been fun. Did 4000 words in about 2.5 hours because I was so close to the end and it was all just pouring out. For those of you playing along at home, I first outlined the entire four book series. Then I outlined
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I’m having another good day today. That makes two in a row, and three days so far this year that have been good. Total. The rest of the days have not been good. Leading up to the first of January was also not good, starting about the 26th, when I came down with strep. I’m
Yesterday, I reached my goal of 700,000 words written for 2019. Wow. Yeah, that kind of boggles me as well. My original goal had been 750K. I kept pushing toward that, but never quite made it. The writing marathons helped me reach 700K. Without them, I would have written 600K for the year. (And you
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I’ve been writing for quite some time. I’ve finished 44 novels and have already started #45. My process changes sometimes, depending on the novel. I’m okay with that, have enough experience to be able to flow with it. In addition, I’m pretty good at not listening to those outside voices when it comes to my
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I’ve never considered myself very disciplined. I know that some people would disagree with that. I’ve always just thought that I build good habits. Or it’s easy for me to fall into a rut, depending on your perspective. (^_^) The difference for me is that discipline means that I have to make myself do something.
When I was a kid, we always had a real Christmas tree, as well as an artificial one. The real one was downstairs with all the fancy ornaments and lights. The tree upstairs was for the kids and had all the handmade decorations on it. Since I’ve been an adult, when I’ve had space, I’ve
For the most part, I tend to be a gardener when it comes to writing. I scatter seeds all over the place, then take notes on what grows and write the story that way. As opposed to an architect, who plans out everything in advance, to whatever detail they feel comfortable with. There are some
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