Aug 07
Posted: under Life beyond writing, the writing life.
Tags: progress report, the book business, the writing life August 7th, 2010
It’s been an interesting week in the writer-as-worker world. I did in fact meet and even exceed my weekly quota, topping 2000 words/day and ending up with a total for the five days of just over 12,000 words. Two of the days produced really good stuff. Three of the days produced more pedestrian stuff, but […] [...more]
It’s been an interesting week in the writer-as-worker world. I did in fact meet and even exceed my weekly quota, topping 2000 words/day and ending up with a total for the five days of just over 12,000 words. Two of the days produced really good stuff. Three of the days produced more pedestrian stuff, but enough forward motion through the plot that there’s something to work with in revision. Two of the days (including one that turned out very well in the end, and one that turned out OK in the end) were very, very difficult…to get started, to continue, to drag out the task to the end of the day (which was late.)
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Aug 02
Posted: under the writing life.
Tags: craft of writing, progress report, the writing life August 2nd, 2010
Some Mondays feel more like the working writer than others. This past weekend, I deliberately took both Saturday and Sunday off from the book. I hoped this would generate some pressure from the book to start of the week, and I had plenty of other things to do. [...more]
Some Mondays feel more like the working writer than others. This past weekend, I deliberately took both Saturday and Sunday off from the book. I hoped this would generate some pressure from the book to start of the week, and I had plenty of other things to do.
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