Month: November 2014

A Writing Dead Zone

Lynn

That’s where I’m sitting right now, in a writing dead zone. I finished that last book and I just can’t seem to get moving again. Momentum lost.

This is another tick in favor of writing on multiple stories each day, because it’s unlikely I’ll finish all these drafts at the same time, so when I finish something, I won’t have the letdown that comes with a finished project while, hopefully, I retain my momentum because I’ll just keep writing on all the other stories each day.

But first, I have to pick myself up and start writing again. Today was supposed to be a 3,000 word day, but then I decided 2,000 would do, and then 1,500. As of now, it’s 7:07 p.m. and I’ve still not written a word on that novella—or anything else.

It’s like I’ve decided that if I can’t write on the novella, I can’t write anything. Which is stupid. Of course I can still write something. And maybe writing something will be enough to keep me from losing any more momentum as the second week of November really starts to take hold.

I’ll be really glad when I get this figured out.

Day 5 of NANO 2014

Lynn

There’s no day 3 or 4 of NANO 2014 because I wrote zero words on those two days. I’m not sure why I’ve decided a late start is going to work out well for me this month, but hey, I can work with it. Day 5 is going to be a zero word day also because I’ve spent all the time on the computer I want to spend today.

As an aside, I spent most of the day updating my financial records and sales spreadsheets instead of writing and, after some messing around with a few calculations, came to the conclusion that it was time to reset.

I’ve been experiencing word-count-goal creep again, harboring unrealistic (for me) expectations and setting silly goals that have nothing to do with what I need and what I can do.

My all time daily average word count (for the last 28 months) is 693 words a day. It needs to be better. But it doesn’t need to be that much better. So I’m aiming for a 1,667 words a day or higher average for the foreseeable future. Write daily when I can. Try not to fall behind. Try to keep myself writing, because we all know how momentum works. Objects in motion and all that. :D

Day 2 of NANO 2014

Lynn

I didn’t write a thing. I did, however, watch a lot of television, get a crick in my back, sniffle a lot because of a runny nose, and have a weird little drink I mixed up before bed. Then I looked at the clock on my stove, saw it was 12:35 a.m. and thought I was seriously late going to bed. But when I sat down to shut down my computer, I noticed it said 11:35 instead. That’s when it hit me that the time changed—over 22 hours ago and I didn’t even notice.

Well.

Tomorrow isn’t quite here yet after all. Goodnight anyway!