The "Page-A-Day" Club

I wrote a page during lunch today, and it only took 20 minutes! This is the first page of my novel. I've yet to finish a novel first draft. Short stories? No problem. Novels? EEEK!

Wish me luck! 1 page down, 399+ to go.

Good luck with that! I still have yet to finish 10 pages today, 4 1/2 to go!

Took the last week off. To be fair, I was at ComicCon and planned to take the week off. Tonight, back to work.

5 pages today. I might write more later. I seem to be on a roll.

Good job, all of you!

four pages today. Isn't it amazing how easily the words roll out once you tell yourself you only _have_ to do one little page?

matdonna said:

four pages today. Isn't it amazing how easily the words roll out once you tell yourself you only _have_ to do one little page?

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It is amazing! I couldn't believe it when I had an entire page done quickly. Granted I've quite a bit of dialog in this section. I'm setting up the conflict that isolates my MC which has to happen but it's going fast.

Oy!

I don't know how many I wrote, but I know I deleted a butt load. I've been editing for the last three hours... killing my darlings!... and it hurts! It freezes! It burns! ARG!

My Page-A-Day is being held off for a bit while I focus on editing Shivers. Blah!

I was out last night so didn't get to do any writing. I'm hoping to make up for it tonight. Still what I wrote on Sunday kind of makes up for yesterday a bit

Can I count my notebook of scribbled words towards a 'page-a-day'? If so, then I'm on board and mananging it. Just.

theskyfullofdust said:

Can I count my notebook of scribbled words towards a 'page-a-day'? If so, then I'm on board and mananging it. Just.

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Of course! That's how I'm counting mine, anyway (I write my first drafts longhand).

1 hr, 1000 words. Git out of here, chapter 1. Now I can revert to 3rd person.

theskyfullofdust said:

Can I count my notebook of scribbled words towards a 'page-a-day'? If so, then I'm on board and mananging it. Just.

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You bet. There are many, many of us who still like the ol' pen and paper way of doing things.

edited Searching for Sara chapter 2...stopped by last scene (2 pages) of chapter, wondering if it should be deleted in order to bring down the word total...(currently at 155k)

Yay for having internet again!

I've kept on top of my daily 250 (except for the weekend, which I take off) pretty well, but I'm still frustrated with having to increase the word count of my WIP.

How's everyone today?

Believe it or not, itchin' to get home and edit some more. Why, oh why!?, does work have to interrupt my writing?

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:

Believe it or not, itchin' to get home and edit some more. Why, oh why!?, does work have to interrupt my writing?

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I know just what you mean

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:

Believe it or not, itchin' to get home and edit some more. Why, oh why!?, does work have to interrupt my writing?

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Amen to that!

And a woo-to-the-hoo to all of you doing so well! I did nothing yesterday and next to nothing Sunday, so I tried to get back on track today. Though I promised not to revise any of my WIP (since it's a first draft), I lied. I'm a big fat liar-liar-pants-on-fire, and everybody here knows it now! But doing a quick revision of chapters 1 & 2 accomplished two things: I fixed a major character issue, and I re-acquainted myself with the MCs' voices after having taken several days away to work on another project. So, I managed 257 words today in addition to my re-vision quest, but I also got back into the swing and had some new ideas, so all in all, a good day.

Hope everybody else is doing well as well!

I wrote about a page then deleted most of it. I've convinced myself that it's all rubbish, even the completed novel. I'm going to bed in the hope that tomorrow will be a better day.

aw, don't cry.........you did a brave thing. It counts if you wrote it even if you have to cut a lot.....hope tomorrow is better!

I got another four today. Might have to cut some eventually too.

I wanted to thank skelly again for starting this thread! I feel like the writing habit is slowly taking hold, and I'm having fun in the process. Setting modest goals really does work!

Did my page for today.

Most of my WIPs seem to fizzle out after a few thousand words, so I wonder if part of the problem is that I write it too quickly. Pacing myself might help, as I then have the rest of the day to let my subconscious work on tomorrow's page.

I've thought of starting this particular WIP for awhile now, so I figure a new project, a new tactic. I've a fairly good idea of what happens next and I think that makes it all the more logical to stop where I am. Won't be starting off tomorrow with a mind as blank as the page, at least.

~DragonHeart~