Week 2 of 15? Shouldn’t that be 16? It was, but I’m ahead of schedule! Revising the 16-week plan According to the original 16-week plan, I should have beat 1/8 totally done by today, and beat 2/8 half-done by next week. Well, beat 1/8 is done (in fact, I over-wrote slightly) and I’ve already hit…
Week 1/16: 20,566 words
It’s the end of the first week of my 16-week plan and I’m on-target! I needed to get the first beat half-done, and I hit that 5,000-word goal! Overall, the story is at 20,566 words now, which has nudged me over the 25% milestone! I wish I’d done a bit more I didn’t record my…
My 16-week writing plan
Nyargh. This weekly update is a day late because I’ve been wiped the fuck out by food poisoning. But apart from that… It’s been a great week! Last week, I was still working on the four main characters’ 4,000-word point-of-view summaries. And now they’re done! And — oh boy — it was definitely worth doing…
2018 mid-year writing check-in
Oh, look! We’re half-way through the year! I wonder how I’m getting on with my goals for 2018? Surely I’m half-way through completing them, right? …right? At the end of 2017, I set myself these three goals for 2018: Publish a novel. Submit stories to three anthologies. Write 1,000 words per day more often than…
Still filling in some gaps
Oh, what a week. I hope you were all more productive than I’ve been! London, baby! I had a trip to London this week to attend a technology unconference, so I had a few days less to write in. I did manage to get some writing done on the train, but I can only take…
Is it possible? Have I figured out the ending?
I set myself two goals last week: Outline the story’s key eight beats. Write a 5,000-word summary of the story. I’ll start with the good news: I hit that 5,000-word goal! Now that’s a start! Granted, I only just hit it. It’s not that I’m a slow typist; the vast majority of the time was…
Damnit, endings. DAMNIT.
Oh boy, I am in – the – zone! Goal achieved! The goal I set myself last week was: I want to have the first act outlined and have started on the second act. …and I nailed it! The first act is outlined, and I’m well into the second! So, what’s the problem? …because there’s…
May 2018 writing retrospective and goals for June
Hey, it’s the end of the month! It’s time to to take stock. May retrospective I gave myself just one goal for this month: to finish the story beats outline for “Esthree Postbuild and the Agency of Dragons and Stars and Things”. I’ve got an OmniOutliner document with a matrix of my main characters and…
Cooking on gas!
Two weeks ago, I was stumped. I had my story’s villain all planned out, but I was really struggling with the hero. Over the last few months, I’ve really discovered who the villain is. His goals and conflicts are all laid out, and now he’s easy to outline around. He has good intentions, but he…
Esthree sucks
Right! After two weeks of agony, I achieved my one and only goal from last week and finally got my head fixed. How about that writing, then? Blech. I’m going through a rough patch with Esthree Postbuild. Over the last few months, I’ve really discovered who the villain is. His goals and conflicts are all…
