Re: Thank you for taking an interest.red_frogJune 25 2005, 01:49:42 UTC
What's your first love: fiction or non? Do you have a section of journal that deals with your own process? Do you usually meet the 1000 word goal? How old were you when you published for real? Do you have any links to your work that you like to share?
In something resembling order...
To read, I love fiction, but I also love reading non-fiction about any of the myriad topics that catch my eye. To write I'm a non-fiction writer. I play around with fiction, but most of that comes in spinning silly situations for K--I don't bother writing them down.
I don't journal about writing. If I'm going to spend that effort, then I'm going to write something that I want to get done. In addition to my day job, I also freelance--there is always something I can be writing for that and I don't do it as often as I should--I curently write one extra article a month and it really ought to be three. If I'm too tired to do that, then I don't want to write anyway.
These days, my word counts are a bit harder to track because I presently have a day job that involves a fair chunk of writing but also a fair chunk of managing the rest of the project. It's also editing my own work. But, when I saw that you asked, I went back to check the size of a doc I'd written on Wednesday, a day when I left work feeling like I was bleeding out my ears (this is a good thing, BTW). On Wednesday, I wrote 2000 new words, edited an 18-page doc I'd written previously down to 16, edited another 4-pager I'd written, and also had time to attend two meetings. I did all this in an 8-hour work day, so I was feeling pretty good. :) I also came home, talked to K for a bit, and fell asleep.
The amount I can write in a single day also depends on the amount of research I must do. Wednesday was spent designing and writing. When I'm writing about something that already exists, rather than something out of my imagination (God, I love that part of my job) then it takes longer and my daily word count is lower.
I was 23 years old the first time something I wrote was published in a "real" (paying subscriber base) magazine and I was paid for it.
I don't merge my work life and my LJ life much--although I am pretty out I prefer to keep some details out of work. If I get to know you and wish to share, then I'll give you the information to find stuff I've written, if you're interested. It's all work writing.
In something resembling order...
To read, I love fiction, but I also love reading non-fiction about any of the myriad topics that catch my eye. To write I'm a non-fiction writer. I play around with fiction, but most of that comes in spinning silly situations for K--I don't bother writing them down.
I don't journal about writing. If I'm going to spend that effort, then I'm going to write something that I want to get done. In addition to my day job, I also freelance--there is always something I can be writing for that and I don't do it as often as I should--I curently write one extra article a month and it really ought to be three. If I'm too tired to do that, then I don't want to write anyway.
These days, my word counts are a bit harder to track because I presently have a day job that involves a fair chunk of writing but also a fair chunk of managing the rest of the project. It's also editing my own work. But, when I saw that you asked, I went back to check the size of a doc I'd written on Wednesday, a day when I left work feeling like I was bleeding out my ears (this is a good thing, BTW). On Wednesday, I wrote 2000 new words, edited an 18-page doc I'd written previously down to 16, edited another 4-pager I'd written, and also had time to attend two meetings. I did all this in an 8-hour work day, so I was feeling pretty good. :) I also came home, talked to K for a bit, and fell asleep.
The amount I can write in a single day also depends on the amount of research I must do. Wednesday was spent designing and writing. When I'm writing about something that already exists, rather than something out of my imagination (God, I love that part of my job) then it takes longer and my daily word count is lower.
I was 23 years old the first time something I wrote was published in a "real" (paying subscriber base) magazine and I was paid for it.
I don't merge my work life and my LJ life much--although I am pretty out I prefer to keep some details out of work. If I get to know you and wish to share, then I'll give you the information to find stuff I've written, if you're interested. It's all work writing.
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