On to words...

Okay starting today over.

Just because this evening is distracting doesn't mean I should be getting ZERO words.
I have time to get several paragraphs, especially since I know the scene and what should happen.

On to words. And to believing that this moment is worth my attention.
It's these moments that add up to a novel if I use them well.



893 words. Not good but lots better than zero.

Locked in quiet

The important thing is to be locked in quiet for the next hour. Focus.
Put everything else aside, because it doesn't matter.

I made good progress. I have my way in to the character. Time to make that happen.
Perhaps 'kill' something while I'm at it. :D

***

ZERO words. Everything distracted me.

Not a good start.

Pro author

Listening to podcasts- pro authors spending 2-3 hours a day writing. Get about 3k words per day
I can do that with a full time job.

Ok- word count- can i get 3k/day from here on out? that's my ticket out of this mess.

So no excuses. I'm going pro now. (From here on out I have two jobs).

Rechecking I have 18 scenes.

I've decided to change a few locations and bump up the problems.
See how it goes.

Same goal- get to 30 scenes.

Also I need to finalize my heroine- who she is, what she wants, so I can find her voice and make it unique from the others.

UPDATE: I now have about 25 scenes and an added plotline.
If I can embrace this new plotline, I should get to 30 scenes.

Stuck at 25.

...more to come...

***
I think I have the plotline for this story. I am good to go.

I am starting a new path and it's going to be hard.

I will focus all of my energy here. There is no other.
I will write until 10pm, at which point I will go to bed.
I will write during lunch for my 2 hours and then I will go back to work.
I might even get up in the morning... okay, maybe not. But that will be okay too.
Maybe if I get up in the morning, I can go somewhere fun to write. :)

No more internet and TV.
It's just me and this page and my story.

Now... on to brainstorming for words. Eventually I'll get bored enough to cooperate.

***

737 words of brainstorming and I know their voices. Not sure I've got their conflict with each other. But then I missed that totally with 2 as well and yet somehow it still feels like a fun story.

So F*** the rules. We'll see how these puppies sell, breaking all the rules but keeping things fun.

Starting on the next one

This is fun.

Technically I have the story out for edits.
Rather than freezing up (or endlessly diddling with it) and waiting to get it back, today I am working my way through the outline for the next story.

I feel like a professional author all of a sudden.

Just on the last one- I feel torn. Either it's horrible or it's going to do awesome.
Truly it's probably just meh but my mind is stuck in that place where everyone is going to tear it apart in reviews.  But there's this hopeful feeling of these beautiful reviews from people and how much they love the story.

But on to being a professional author.

Need at least 30 scenes.  Take my time with the story!
Go... go... go...

18 so far. But time for bed.

I need a couple more plot lines. Something else needs to be up and it can't be good but it can't violate my agreements with others.

Saturday Times

Unexpectedly I have the afternoon to work on the story. Actually I should have tomorrow available too.

This is perfect...

Let me get those last scenes updated.

I am accepting that the story is as it is, as complicated as that makes it.
I need to beef everything up and just go for it. Accept that this will be more work but I can keep the lovelies I already wrote.

Here goes nothing


...unfortunately, turned out I had some housekeeping things to take care of first.  Oops... water...
Ok, needs met.  Time to put the hours in.

It's 1:15. Scene 30
2:43. Now at scene 33!
3:59: Now starting scene 36. :)
5:47: all kinds of new scenes rearranged and sorted and expanded. 40K. Yeah, baby.



DONE

Time to Focus, Time to Finish

All right, I will try to put that bit of crazy out of my head.

I have 2 hours to write. They are all mine.
This is amazing. If only I can keep it up. :D

Anyway, let me think about these two hours and what I need to accomplish:
I need to get those last seven scenes corrected so they match the earlier scenes. Need to get into the story and excited.
Even though it's been a slog for me, it should zip right along for the reader.
My experience writing it does not at all correlate with how it will feel reading it.

EDIT: Monday- going to continue along with this post until it's done. I have about 90 minutes which is wonderful!

EDIT: Weds. What a day. But time to get some more read. Hopefully I haven't lost momentum...

EDIT: Thurs. Time to make some more progress. Might get in 4 hours today! (1.5 so far)

EDI: Fri. Yesterday did not go as planned but 1.5 hrs is still pretty good.
I can't believe I'm still only up to scene 25. I must figure out how to re-handle this section. I'm torn about which to do.
Okay- DECISION MADE. I must go back to the original plan.
I must rip out all the scenes I loved and move them to a different place. IT NO LONGER FITS.
I am wasting too much time on stuff that isn't right.
Time to move forward. Bring it way down to dive shop fun. Let's go!

Got to scene 30. Decision UNmade. Too attached. I think I'll finish up as is and let beta reader decide how it seems

To Do:
Re-read from beginning, making sure the character stays true. ...LEFT OFF 30.
Get re-caught by the love of the story and act on that to have fun with the ending.
Take a real lunch to work on this, and, again, enjoy. Take the time to work on story again. :D