Good luck to you and everyone else trying to bang out their words for the day. We are all still champs even if we bang out 5, 500, 5000, or 50 K...although if you can do that much in one sitting, I'm would be seriously wondering what you were smoking.
I still don't what made inspiration come out the sky, watching the show. A hilarious episode to be sure, but what I was writing at the time, to me, doesn't have a obvious link to it.
I mean, I was writing about a panicky dad in a nursery ranting to his partner about the kids and watching a m/m/f quad relationship gone horribly wrong.
Your whole post made me
Yes, I wonder too what I would be smoking if I did 50k in one day.
5k I do almost every day now, only when I put one WIP on hold and then I have to get caught up on it the next day...I used to do 14k in one day, I did that 4 or 5 times that I can remember, last year, but in order to do that much, I literally have to write, from the moment I wake up, till it's time to go to sleep, and I am not up for that, not anymore. 6k is the most I decided to do in one day, and that's only when I get behind on one of my WIP's. Today I am planning to work on WIP1 until I hit 94k words, since that's the word mark I'm supposed to be at today according to my start date on that one, 07/10/2011, and I'm supposed to hit 48k on WIP2, but if I don't do that today, there's always tomorrow, even better because on Sat. and Sun. I hardly watch any TV.
A really-good movie or show has to be on, I mean one that I really, really love.
And, well. I am at 90.8k on WIP1 right now, so I am planning to write while watching Days of Our Lives and One Life to Live now that I know I can do that again without those shows distracting me too much. I can hear what's going on and still write. It's the only way I'm going to be able to hit 94k or close to that before 3 PM. If I hit that before 3 PM and then around 4 PM, I work on getting to the 48k word mark on WIP2, it's the only way I'll be able to go to sleep at 11 PM today. But if I don't, there's always wonderful, almost-TV-free Saturday, and Sunday.
So good luck to you, and everything you said in this post made me
!!
Can I post here if the WIP is written, but now I'm in the second phase - read through and editing and shortening? *Feels weird about posting a decreasing word count*
You can post anything you do with your WIP here, whether it's reducing the word count to go back and fix something you did wrong.
for what you've accomplished.
Oh, what a great thread!
The stupid book: 90K and shoved in a unused corner of my computer in first draft state. I may go back and rewrite this one at a future date but for now I think I’ve learnt all I can from it and am moving onto:
The first tragic book. Well, actually it was meant to be the fourth tragic book but this story kept butting in while I was trying to plot another one so this is getting done first
The rough outline plot is FINISHED, I actually spewed that out in one sitting. Now I’m working on the detailed outline. I’m up to chapter seven out of 40*. My aim is a chapter a day. Yes, if I actually get working on it I’ll do a heap more than one a day but as one chapter a day is so easy even if I’m not feeling particularly inspired I’ll at least do ONE chapter. Then I may stay to do another five, who know!
*there may be more or less than 40, but I’ve set up my system cards for 40 chapters distributing the main plot points through these which helps keep me from dragging the beginning for too long.
The stupid book made me
just because you called it a stupid book. I am thrilled with the progress on your other WIP's and wish you the best. I know you can do it.
for you, too and welcome to the FTDB challenge thread!!
JSDR - I think that's part of finishing the darn book, since that's what I'm working on myself right now, so of course, you can join!
Welcome, JSDR and Kathleen!
Yep!
Go, Kathleen! Outlines can be brutal.
I have plans for a night out with my husband tonight, but I won't enjoy myself if I don't finish drafting this chapter. (I've been stalling for too many days.) So, I'm chained to my desk and not allowed on FB and Twitter.
I did the outlines for the second and third book in my Imperfect Angels series in under an hour two days in a row.
And I got those ideas while listening to my music.
Outlines are wonderful, I realize, because they help you put the book together and you don't have to break your brains trying to figure out what the heck to write next. From now on, when it's a brand-new book I am planning to work on, I will outline.
Yup, if you're trying to finish a book (or a short, or whatever writing project you're working on), you're welcome to post your progress here.
Welcome to our new members, and congrats to everyone still chugging along!
Yep!!
Word for word, what she said, totally QFT. (Quoted for Truth)
ACK!!! So i was sitting in bad this morning ruminating on my WIP that was shelved while I waited for it to leave my mind so I could edit, and suddenly I was struck with how I could turn it into a series!!! Now I am considering going in and re-writing a few things and adding a little bit here and there and voila, Book 1 of the Stray Series.
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH ME??!!! I am such a glutton for punishment. I really hope people don't take that the wrong way. I can only imagine the trouble I could stir up in the Erotica boards
hee hee
Oh, on the other front. Um I didn't really do anything yday since I was running errands for the FRG (military/family org.) but I will be better tonight. However, i have already met my weekly goals, so I have no guilt!
The same thing happens to me every time I write a new story. It becomes a series!
It seems like my characters' whole story can't be told in one installment, so far, I don't know about the future. I hope in the future that will change, but I love writing series. Imperfect Angels is a total rewrite of a series I wrote back in 2004, so it has to go beyond the first book.
Also, do you like Sheep's butt? That was my morbidly obese Bichon right before we had to put him down. I miss him, since he was such a good cuddler! Like a giant fluffy pillow. We adopted him fat and with cancer but when I wrote this was the view over the laptop, so I thought I would enjoy seeing him again. I do
for your beautiful Sheep's butt!! I know what it's like to lose a pet. When I lost my puppy Selena back in 2008, I was depressed for 6 whole months!!
But I am glad you still have pictures of Sheep's Butt. I don't have any pictures of Selena, only the memories we made together. I remember she was so spoiled she wanted to be on my lap all day long, even when I was writing. I had to put her on the floor and she would always get right back into my lap. She was the one to wake me up in the morning by trying to get in bed with me. She was only 4 mos. old, run over by a car. Good thing I still had Tuly, her sister, and she helped me pull through. Tuly died after I moved back to Puerto Rico, so since I wasn't around when she died, it didn't hurt me as much. Besides I was expecting her to live a very short time because since she was born she had problems. She couldn't even gain weight.
Anyway, back to my writing and I am glad to see you champs! Keep on rockin!!
