Not all writing days are the same, except on your calendar. Some days are for maintaining momentum. Some are dependable workhorse days. And every once in a while, a unicorn shows up. Here’s why recognizing which kind of writing day you’re having can make you more productive—and considerably less inclined to beat yourself up over your word count.
This week was a solid week of work, but I have no real word counts to add because it was all concept and plotting work. The next book isn’t due to be started until Monday. However, I adjusted the schedule and will actually start it on Friday, giving me a bit of leeway. That left
Weekly Log – January 23, 2018 Read More »
I’m going to hop straight into last week’s word count sheet, so you can see what happened. Date | Word Count | Weekly Word Count | Daily Deficit | Weekly Deficit | Blog posts |
Weekly Log – January 16, 2018 Read More »
There is no such thing as a “typical” week. Average is a mythical point mid-way between extremes. It tells you nothing except that half of everything you are measuring falls below that point, and half sits above it. Essentially, it is meaningless, except to tell you if you are above or below the line. As
Weekly Log – January 9, 2018 Read More »
I didn’t report in last week. I didn’t think anyone would notice a missing blog post amongst the party favours and Christmas wrapping. My last Log was December 19th and I reported that I had finished the book and was rolling into the next one. Here’s what the last two weeks looked like: Dec 19-23:
Weekly Log – January 2, 2018 Read More »
Last week’s log may have left you with the impression of a mechanical workhorse that didn’t miss a beat, while you struggle and miss days and your logs (if you even keep them) are messy things that are a real reflection of life. So let me show you this week’s log. Right click and open
Weekly Log – December 19, 2017 Read More »
This weeks is the first full week of work logs. Right click and open in a new tab to get it to full screen size, so you can read it, if it’s too small on the screen I’ve cut and paste a few of the critcal columns here: Word Count Start Word Count End Total
Weekly Log – December 12, 2017 Read More »
I can’t begin this productivity experiment in earnest until after Christmas, because I was gung-ho and recklessly promised (to myself) to handmake as many Christmas gifts this year as possible. I’m on track to a 90% success rate, but the downside of artisanal gifts is that they take time. In other words, all my spare time
Weekly Log – December 5, 2017 Read More »
