Monday: 3,139 words Tuesday: 5,350 words Wednesday: Admin Thursday: Admin Friday: Admin Saturday: Back to plotting For a total word count of 8,489 words for the week. The crisis I was trying to out-write happened anyway. I wasn’t actually surprised or disturbed by it, because I had semi anticipated it. I’ll have more detail about […]
Weekly Log – June 23, 2020: Reconstruction Read More »
I’m not putting a log down for this week. There’s nothing to show, except a few thousand words. It was a week of frustrations, distractions, and changes of direction that required lots of work to implement. I’m badly behind on the current book now, and will have to double-down in superhuman ways to catch up.
Weekly Log – June 16, 2020: Where the hell did the week go??? Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting. Sunday: off. For a total of 0 words for the week. A very calm week consisting of endless plotting. I’ve decided that plotting takes far too much time relative to the actual writing of the book. I’m taking just as
Weekly Log – June 9, 2020: Solid Week With Nothing to Show For It Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 9,857 words Tuesday: 10,214 words Wednesday: 10,099 words Thursday: 9,819 words Friday: 9,155 words (book done) Saturday: Plotting. Sunday: off. For a total of 49,144 words for the week. It was a long, solid and tiring week. I’m still getting used to this new schedule. Although, on the other hand, if
Weekly Log – June 2, 2020: Now We’re Getting Somewhere. Read More »
Most of us are time crunched, and squeeze in 30 minute or one hour writing dashes one or more times a day, getting books written in increments. And this is absolutely a fantastic way to write in the cracks and margins of you day and still have a life. But. There are some serious side
How Really Long Writing Sessions Benefit Your Writing Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 7,714 words Tuesday: 6,369 words Wednesday: 10,174 words (Book done) Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: 6,765 words Sunday: off. For a total of 31,022 words. The book that was running too long came in at 90,000 words. Then I rolled straight over into plotting the next book. As the next book
Weekly Log – May 26th, 2020: Crunch No More Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Finished plotting & 4,738 words Tuesday: 9,776 words Wednesday: 9,844 words Thursday: 10,415 words Friday: 8,231 words Saturday: 8,427 words Sunday: 12,138 words For a total of 63,569 words. 63.5K words, and I’m not done with this book yet. I have just under half of the outline left. I’m glad I
Weekly Log – May 19, 2020: Crunch Mode Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Planning for Grocery Shopping Tuesday: Grocery Shopping Wednesday: Schedule and Business discussions Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting It was a weird week because of the first three items. I worked my ass off last week, but with little to show for it. We are only grocery shopping every three weeks at the
Weekly Log – May 12, 2020: And a Weird One Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Worldbuilding Tuesday: Worldbuilding Wednesday: Worldbuilding Thursday: Worldbuilding + Character building Friday: Character Building + Series Arcs It was another week of nothing to show except for a lot of words on blank pages and a great deal of research, reading and staring at the screen as I mulled over possibilities. But I
Weekly Log – May 5, 2020: Plus One More. Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Worldbuilding Tuesday: Worldbuilding Wednesday: Worldbuilding Thursday: Worldbuilding Friday: Worldbuilding Another solid week. This one didn’t quite feel so accomplished, though. Plotting never does. It’s too amorphous to begin, as you cast around looking for character and plot lines and try weaving something coherent out of the mess. It’s not until you
Weekly Log – April 28, 2020: Another Solid Week Read More »
