It was late last night when I wrote all those posts about the writing of my current book, what to call a book, and the day’s progress, and I made some errors. :D The big one, of course, is that this is not book 21 I’m working on! This is book 19. I’ve gone backContinue reading “Corrections abound”
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Postponement of yesterday to today
So yesterday I did not finish with chapter 15 to 16. Life interrupted and I finally gave in and postponed to today what I wanted to accomplish yesterday. So everything I said yesterday? Applies to today. :) Not that I didn’t make any progress yesterday, because I did. I spent 1.517 hours writing (timed writing)Continue reading “Postponement of yesterday to today”
11:23 pm and too few words again today
I’ve managed only 2 of my 12 sessions today (20 minutes each). Part of the blame goes to my panic at realizing I had ruined the opening of my book by overworking it. I had to pull up backup copy 9 to get the old opening back. I’m currently at backup copy 20, and backupContinue reading “11:23 pm and too few words again today”
No update (challenge update)
Basically, this isn’t an update. Well, technically, it is an update, but it’s an update to say I don’t have anything to update. Despite my plans for the day, it’s 8:06 pm and I’ve written about a nib’s worth of words. I guess it’s gonna be a long night, because I’m not going to bedContinue reading “No update (challenge update)”
Revising is not a good idea; how to fuck up a story
I had to make a few changes to my book. I try not to do much when I go back to already written material, but in this case, I had an issue I couldn’t work out and when the solution came to me, it meant adding a few things. I don’t know what it isContinue reading “Revising is not a good idea; how to fuck up a story”
I’ve made a mistake I don’t plan to make again
Yesterday morning, I read a good chunk of my current book. I was pretty damn pleased with it. But there were a few things I needed to fix. Only I decided not to highlight those things because I knew I was going to have to get back to the read through on the computer andContinue reading “I’ve made a mistake I don’t plan to make again”
How to not write a lot of words
I feel asleep at the computer last night. Well, mostly I feel asleep if you count head bobbing and momentary lapses in consciousness. So no, I didn’t make it through my book so that today’s writing could go more smoothly. In fact, I kept tinkering with that particular scene I mentioned yesterday until the headContinue reading “How to not write a lot of words”
Hang ups that stop me from writing
I don’t work well when I know I have somewhere to be or something to do. Today, there’s a wedding. I had planned to do a lot of writing this morning, because I just haven’t finished that book yet. Have I done that writing? No. Because I keep rearranging my schedule, and because there’s thisContinue reading “Hang ups that stop me from writing”
Independence Day!
Today is the last day I need to let myself get away with not writing to my goal word count. June was my worst month for writing since January. It was bad. I admit January was worse, since I ended that month in the hole. :D I’ve been distracted for about two months now, startingContinue reading “Independence Day!”
June 27 writing schedule update
As you’ve probably already guessed, the schedule hasn’t helped in any way to get me started writing again. I haven’t even come close to getting started on time a single time since I came up with it, because for some reason beyond me, I’ve gone from going to bed at a reasonable hour to stayingContinue reading “June 27 writing schedule update”