After struggling with my writing for the last six months, I've come to the conclusion that even though I learned a few useful things from First Draft in 30 Days, overall it's done me a great deal more harm than good.

( And this is why... )

In spite of all yesterday's triumphs, I got very little actual writing done -- my count now stands at 52,069 instead of the projected 56,000. However, I decided that being totally wiped out from my weekend speaking and singing at a women's conference (about which I still have to blog), and having reached my April goal of 50,000 words, entitled me ( Read more... )

I am proud to announce that during the month of April I did, indeed, achieve my goal:

50,000 words.
( How I did it )

Hit the 40,000 word mark last night. More than halfway there ( Read more... )

Today's Word Count: 3600.

O_O

I can't shake the suspicion that the story is really boring so far (I'm not used to writing psychological drama -- I keep thinking something ought to explode), but wowzers.

Will hang onto that happy feeling for the next 45 minutes, as I suspect I'm going to need it to get through this week's House.

Crossposting from a comment on jmprince's Fast Draft Express thread ( Read more... )

Today's Word Count: 2726/2000 ( Read more... )

I got a bicycle for my birthday! A shiny new bicycle from my husband, who is wise in the ways of cycling! Yay! I think this may be the first new bike I've had in my life. And it's certainly the first one I've owned in over fifteen years. *huggles it ( Read more... )

The bad news: I did not write 20 pages on my first day of Fast Draft.
The good news: I wrote 10 pages (2,727 words ( Read more... )

( Turn back now if you haven't seen the latest trailer/articles or don't want to be spoiled )