word count Archive
I’m at least settling into the writing in terms of enjoying and being able to move forward. It no longer feels like pulling teeth. It’s still slow going and I’m barely hitting my word counts, though. I think part of …
After I struggled last time to pick up writing from the middle of the scene without re-reading the first half, I decided to try the other approach today. I re-read the scene from the beginning before adding on. As anticipated, …
I ended my quarantine a day early – and took that day off from writing to spend with my kids. Now, I am back at home, finally, and slipping into my routine, including being at my own writing desk again. …
This morning, I completed a short (<1000 words) scene in one sitting. It was just a short interaction between my hero and a throwaway character to highlight one of the problems she’s facing and reveal some of her character, but …
This morning, I managed over 5,000 words, including writing a few specific examples of emails to send and a worksheet, and finished the third chapter in my non-fiction book. There are only four chapters, each with multiple subsections, to they’re …
I literally just wrote this article, finished the whole thing, and as I was selecting my keywords, WordPress crashed and lost the whole thing. It’s not like losing a book, or even a chapter, but it’s still annoying enough that …
So, I have been a little disappointed in myself this week for the lack of progress I made during this self-quarantine. Aside from the day job, I had zero distractions besides what I imposed on myself, and yet I barely …
Between an extra session yesterday evening and a productive morning today, I pushed my word count for the non-fiction book over the halfway point of 20,000 words. Some of those words are notes that I’m going to overwrite as I …
This morning, I made it through the end of my last example and got the whole next sub-section written. Fortunately, for the most recent subsection, I was able to refer back to the previous examples, so I did not need …
This morning called for a longer snow-shoveling session and therefore shorter writing. The 2 feet of snow we got over the weekend is starting to melt away and the plows have finally come to our residential neighborhood, but as a …