Broke 14,000 words today. It helped that the two chapters I focused on today had been in the original draft, so today, it was mostly tweaking those words. But it brings me much closer to where I’m trying to get. I have four more chapters from 1995 to write, then I’m off to 2006. Once […]
Some progress today, after feeling blocked for almost a week. I had to take a few steps back to see where it was that I wanted to go for the next few chapters. I was recently made aware of this quote regarding writing, and it’s never felt more relevant to me than these last few […]
I know I haven’t posted in a couple of days, but I have been still working on the novel. I took a step back and decided to try and fill in the beat sheet for all my characters: I have continued editing what I have so far, and have made two major name changes. Word-wise, […]
I am at a complete standstill. I am writing parts of this book that I have not written before, so this is uncharted territory. I know where I’m going once I get through this fog-infested land, but—right now—I’m lost in the mists. I have two options at this point. One, I can step back, create […]
A net total of 725 words today, and a LOT of editing. But I did put in two solid hours of work into those words, so that, to me, is an accomplishment. For some reason, this revision is a lot harder than the ones before. Well, not for some reason. I know why. Prior to […]
Today, I only managed to write 500 words, but I managed to spend an hour editing as well. So, I’ll still take the victory. Although, I lost about 70 of those 500 words through my editing. This month is so much slower going than last month, and I just have to keep reminding myself, last […]
Today I’m writing about not having written. Between running errands this morning, work, and then more errands, I wrote not one word in my novel. Normally, I’d beat myself up over not keeping the streak I’ve maintained since November 1st, but, in reality, I’m not breaking the streak, for two reasons. First, I’m writing now. […]
For the first time since I began this revision, I have started writing things out of order. I have to process the next scenes, what happens when, but in the meantime, I’m writing the ones I know will happen and worrying about where they appear as I go. Thanks to that tactic, I got a […]
Managed to get some more writing done this afternoon. Hit 9,000 words finally. Over 10% done! And Day One of my tale is told. The stage has been set for the repercussions of the fateful event. Some I know. Some I still have to figure out. But all in good time. I’m still feeling good […]
It feels like every day, I write less and less. I only managed less than 300 words this morning. But they were good words. I forgot about one element that needed to be thrown in there, so I had to go back and add it. But that allowed me to figure out where the chapter […]