Today’s grand total netted 5749 words. Around three hundred less than last year’s total for the same day and 3k less on the month. I didn’t have exams to grade last year, so this isn’t too bad, all things considered. I can’t see any way I’ll get any words between … Continue reading →
Running along nicely today. I need to run an errand, and I want to get it out of the way. Hope it doesn’t break the spell…but I have to do a major POV change in my head, so maybe this will help. Just in case you’re wondering, here’s a snippet … Continue reading →
I didn’t write much more–I wound up deciding to mark all the exams today, then I can focus on writing and buying fruit and bagels tomorrow. I still have two exams to finish. I did tap out 200 more words for the grand total above. If I weren’t a touch … Continue reading →
That was 2485 words this morning. A good jumpstart. Now, I’m grading five more tests (at least) and watching some Big Ten football before returning to get more words. As Holly mentioned, we ran 10s this morning with very pleasing results for both of us. I always enjoy “working out” … Continue reading →
A mere 731 words today, but they’re words I didn’t have yesterday, so I’m happy for them. This is not a good month for me. I anticipated it might be rough. I’m going to get what I can get.
Continue reading →I’m calling “Uncle!” on Day 3. Better today than yesterday, I clicked out 1473 new words today. Got the kids set up in the dorm, and they’ve discovered those squeaky clean, fun new roommates are not quite what they thought they’d be, but they have found a way to carve … Continue reading →
That’s a grand total of 722 words for today. Not one of my more productive writing days. I did get one-third of the tests marked. I still have some reading to do before I can really go to bed. I hope it won’t take too long. Maybe tomorrow will be … Continue reading →
Right on track. Nikki and Jeff just graduated from high school. Everything is going great. Ah, the innocence of youth. Everything should still be good through tomorrow. Then things will probably be getting ugly. Scenes are turning out to be about half as long as I planned. That means, if … Continue reading →
It’s late, but I wanted to get some kind of start before heading off to bed. I finished the initial read-through on my exams sometime after midnight and jotted the beginning of the opening scene for NaNo. Now I need to get some sleep. At least I’ve started.
Continue reading →I converted my 8 page synopsis for Threads and Ties into a rudimentary outline. For the first time, I’ve delineated chapters in a book before writing it. I was pleasantly surprised how well that seemed to fall into place. For starters, the book has 14 chapters and 50 scenes. I … Continue reading →