I made three resolutions for this year. In no particular order (other than how impossible it will be to stick to them, from top to bottom
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Good luck! The agent thing is a constant To Do for me too, as well as time management. I have no trouble getting words down, it's the other stuff that tends to screw me up. Like, getting a query out there for other eyes to see. You can't play the game if you don't roll for initiative, know what I mean? (Oh god. That was a terrible D&D metaphor. Please ignore...)
61 books sounds like a cool challenge! I've never kept track of the number of books I read in a year. All I know is I'm a slower reader than I once was, so I have to renew my library books more often than not, but there's always something on the nighttable, waiting.
I think what screws me up sometimes is over-plotting. Part of what made me so successful in the past years what not knowing everything in my plot, so I'd want to write to find out what happened next. I used to stay up late writing; I haven't done that in a while and I want that feeling back.
I'm a moderate reader who prefers reading in one sitting. The problem I have is finding time to read because I cannot read another book while writing a manuscript.
I know this is a little but--How do you do that? I've seen some folks on AW say that too--they can read a book in one sitting--and how? Am I that slow? I don't have that many hours in my day anymore. I fill most of them with reading and/or writing, but goddamn. I feel so behind the curve whenever that comes up.
That's part of it. I read mostly on weekends. And when I say "one sitting" I don't mean I pick up a book and read literally read it cover-to-cover without stopping, but that I can finish a book in a 24-hour span.
I'm also a fast reader, about one page per minute. So, a 300-word book would then take me 300 minutes, give or a take a minute. It also depends what I'm reading. More "literary bent" novels take me longer. Most of the YA books take a day. *shrugs*
I wouldn't worry about how fast you read. Just like writing a manuscript, everyone does it at their own speed and however it works for them. Doesn't mean someone's doing it better if they're quicker. :)
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61 books sounds like a cool challenge! I've never kept track of the number of books I read in a year. All I know is I'm a slower reader than I once was, so I have to renew my library books more often than not, but there's always something on the nighttable, waiting.
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I'm a moderate reader who prefers reading in one sitting. The problem I have is finding time to read because I cannot read another book while writing a manuscript.
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That's part of it. I read mostly on weekends. And when I say "one sitting" I don't mean I pick up a book and read literally read it cover-to-cover without stopping, but that I can finish a book in a 24-hour span.
I'm also a fast reader, about one page per minute. So, a 300-word book would then take me 300 minutes, give or a take a minute. It also depends what I'm reading. More "literary bent" novels take me longer. Most of the YA books take a day. *shrugs*
I wouldn't worry about how fast you read. Just like writing a manuscript, everyone does it at their own speed and however it works for them. Doesn't mean someone's doing it better if they're quicker. :)
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