dictation Archive
This morning, I went out for a dictation walk for the second day in a row, this time going for a full hour. My computer is well and truly screwed. The tech support guy I took it to suggested that …
Yesterday, I got my writing done, such as it was, by dictating in the parking lot of a convenience store, probably looking highly suspicious to the kids around me who were stopping for food on their way to middle school. …
Still no life from my computer today, and I’m posting these updates from my phone. One guy on the tech support forums thinks it might be my hard drive dying. That’s a fixable problem – get a new hard drive …
This morning, I passed on the dictation walk and wrote at my keyboard to much more success than yesterday. Instead of falling short, I nearly doubled my wordcount total. It helped that I got out of the start of the …
With my second second scene planned, I went out this morning again for a dictation walk, but I’m still struggling with it. I should have reviewed my notes before I left. I started the scene with my hero in the …
Today, I went out for a short walk and tried to dictate my story for the first time on this book. I still definitely need practice with dictation. It doesn’t come nearly as naturally to me as typing with my …
This morning, I finally wrapped up the Dev Edit phase of my current coaching project, and I have no more in my queue, so assuming that my client doesn’t get back to me within the day with a second draft, …
During today’s morning dictation walk, I almost made it through my final character’s interview. I got right down to the last four questions again, before arriving at my door. I’m not sure whether it seems to be a subconscious part …
On this morning’s walk, I wrapped up my mid-level antagonist’s character interview and started the profile of my “pointy” antagonist, the one I intend to be most involved in this particular story, at least in terms of physical presence. While …
During today’s dictation session – 50 minutes this time – I finished my secondary opponent’s character profile and started on her interview. As is my curious wont, I got right up to the last four questions of her interview just …