I was just thinking about how many words of my WIP I want to write each day; and that led me to think (as the kind of thinking that you do when you're procrastinating does) about how many more words I actually write every day, beyond my novel.
I write in my paper journal - not every day, but quite a few of them, because it just keeps my brain working and often gives me ideas for other writing that might not have come about otherwise. I carry another little notebook around with me that gets filled up with scribbled musings, thoughts and ideas. I write short stories (very short stories) when the mood takes me. I write in my blog, more so at the moment than I have done before. I have a couple of friends who aren't around at the moment or who live far away who I exchange regular emails with, which tend to be long and detailed and descriptive, and of course there's academic work during term time at uni.
What different forms of writing are part of your every day lives? I'm interested to know how much it features beyond your main projects, and if you think writing for different purposes influences/helps your fiction?
I write in my paper journal - not every day, but quite a few of them, because it just keeps my brain working and often gives me ideas for other writing that might not have come about otherwise. I carry another little notebook around with me that gets filled up with scribbled musings, thoughts and ideas. I write short stories (very short stories) when the mood takes me. I write in my blog, more so at the moment than I have done before. I have a couple of friends who aren't around at the moment or who live far away who I exchange regular emails with, which tend to be long and detailed and descriptive, and of course there's academic work during term time at uni.
What different forms of writing are part of your every day lives? I'm interested to know how much it features beyond your main projects, and if you think writing for different purposes influences/helps your fiction?
