Since we’re two days away….
Call Me Fishmeal.: Success, and Farming vs. Mining
This is actually about programming. But I think it’s important to remember in life in general.
There’s no one big score, and you’re out. There’s no hoping for the lottery. There’s just what you do every day.
Slump!
Only made it into chapter 3 with my revisions so far. The hardest part at the moment is not to charge ahead excitedly.
How much is it appropriate to hold back, save for later? How much should be done in the moment?
I don’t just want to keep writing the beginning over and over again.
Still, lots of work started for November as well. I’m hoping that will reduce the amount of pre-revision work (but not restrict me from exploring).
Site updates
So I had a new website, all set to go, for my writing, based on my personal twitter handle.
And I looked at this site and said: THIS should be my writing blog. Because, it already is.
So I’ll be working a bit on making this site a bit swankier – spending some times with styles and the like.
I fear it’s still for me, at this point, for my writing process, but sadly, no longer just my Office of Letters and Light related content. Editing! Resource Links! yeah that’s about all the other stuff at the moment.
So, hypothetical and mythical readers! Look forward to this! Or not, if you really liked the generic green block style. Sorry!
-Kyrce
day 31, 2114
Yay! finished with 50046, plus the stuff i wrote in April, makes my total come to: 54399.
Off tomorrow most likely, and apparently I don’t work Fridays (or at least in the summer?) but editing will start this weekend at the latest.
This time, I didn’t cry. But I feel satisfied.
I also don’t feel anywhere near as drained as the last time.
day 30, 3577
Oops. forgot to post yesterday.
about 2k tomorrow and draft is done!
day 28, session 3, 2015
probably should be 3 & 4 because I wrote in to 1k increments.
a lot easier with a problem and a 1k word count.
edited to add: current total 41263.
3k words per day while working? mwah ha ha ha.
Yeah it’ll be interesting to see if I can pull this one off.
day 28, session 2, 2151
Almost to 40k. 3 days. 10k. Let’s see if I can hit another 2k tonight at least. I’d much prefer to be at 45k this evening but that may be a bit much to ask.
Currently I have the next 4,000 words roughly plotted. That will take me to the last quarter of the story and the end.
Since I plan to edit this in September, I really need it finished.
day 28, session 1, 2048
Was a bit hard to write for the past few days, although I did try for it. One of the hard things about it is making sure you write every single day, no matter what. It is difficult to know what excuses are invalid (almost all of them) and when you are just tormenting yourself by even trying.
I did end up writing a couple hundred words in the off time. I did sit most days. That is good.
When I first started exercising again, I used to bribe myself with the sauna: Okay, you have to go to the gym, but you don’t have to exercise. You can just sit in the sauna. Once exercise became habit, I no longer need the bribe.
I need to figure out a writing bribe. The important thing is to work on it daily; the unimportant thing, for most of the time at least, is getting 2k words written. Eventually, you will just feel unmoored if you don’t.
At least, that’s what one hopes.
day 23, 1343
Ugh. Not enough. Too much mucking about on the Interwebz.
Didn’t help that the scene ended early as well.
Still. They’re on the Atlantic. That has to be good right? They’re on their way! ten days to Trieste!