That writing thing
My project from last year stalled out, for a number of reasons. Among them being that I don't have a good idea of the lay of the land where I've set the story, and can't really change where it's set. So until we can take a trip to Cardiff, that particular work in progress is... not progressing.
Of course, I've done the only sensible thing, and moved on to another project for the time being. I started on Friday, and then hit the weekend and have had to regroup and adjust my expectations a bit. As it turns out, I simply don't have 5000 words a day in me. At least not yet.
Not a failure, right? It's just another way that doesn't work. I'm moving to a goal I hope will be more attainable, and setting myself to write 2000 words every day, instead of 500 on weekdays and 5000 (what was I thinking?!) on weekend days. Here's where it stands as of Sunday night:
That's not counting the 500 words written on the outline today, either. I tend to be kind of a slow writer (it's not the typing--I'm good at that. It's the stringing the words together to tell the story bit), so for me, this is truckin'.
Of course, I've done the only sensible thing, and moved on to another project for the time being. I started on Friday, and then hit the weekend and have had to regroup and adjust my expectations a bit. As it turns out, I simply don't have 5000 words a day in me. At least not yet.
Not a failure, right? It's just another way that doesn't work. I'm moving to a goal I hope will be more attainable, and setting myself to write 2000 words every day, instead of 500 on weekdays and 5000 (what was I thinking?!) on weekend days. Here's where it stands as of Sunday night:
That's not counting the 500 words written on the outline today, either. I tend to be kind of a slow writer (it's not the typing--I'm good at that. It's the stringing the words together to tell the story bit), so for me, this is truckin'.