Comments | melora98: Word counts

melora98

Word counts

Nov 13, 2005 17:53

My word count is right where it needs to be for the 13th day of nanowrimo... so I've had the time to spend the day doing "homework" of a sort. That is, perusing and note-taking and generally absorbing much of the VERY wonderful stuff certain wonderful people (you know who you are!!) have sent me on the subject of writing; plots, character ( Read more... )

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Go Liza, Go Liza! no1auntie November 14 2005, 01:12:29 UTC

I admire you for setting those kinds of goals and sticking with them - I physically can't write if I'm not inspired/have writer's block...and have to wait for the mood to strike. AND, if I was setting word-count goals for myself, writing would become work and I'd lose interest REAL fast. As it is, I've managed somewhere in the area of 100,000 words (would have to ask Amber to be sure) in just under 4 months, so am content with my progress.

Does it really work...reading about HOW to write? I still haven't gotten around to reading the first few parts of the snowflake method...seems a lot like going back to school, and the last time I did that, I ended up with a degree in anthropology...which I'm NOT using.... Truly, all snark aside, do you notice a huge difference in what you crank out after reading up on methodology?

You've got sooo much more discipline and determination than I do! :D

Re: Go Liza, Go Liza! melora98 November 14 2005, 01:47:12 UTC

After years and years of saying "One day I'll write..." it had come to my attention that until I actually sat down and WROTE, that "one day" would never actually come. I used to say the same; that I COULDN'T write unless the mood struck. Which it would invariably do while at work, or somewhere I had no access to a computer, or ... anyway. It became an excuse to not even try ( ... )