I reached 320 today. It was a little slow last week.
Novel progress
It is April 10 as I write this. The manuscript stands at 305 pages today (just over 75,000 words). In terms of the plot outline, I'm two thirds done and have three and a half weeks left. I'm feeling a little anxious. I lost most of yesterday and part of today making a decision on… Continue reading Novel progress
Novel progress
March was more productive than February. I finished the month at around 260 pages. The progress felt good and the story was much to my liking. The exciting bits had of course been fun to write, but the connecting scenes were hard. By the end of the month I figured I was about halfway through… Continue reading Novel progress
Novel progress
The first month of my leave from work. I started my first full day of writing on February 4. In the first week I did almost 50 pages of work. Despite the good start I finished the month at 100 pages after a binge of 15 pages in one day. I think that the reason… Continue reading Novel progress
Novel update
I spent most of this month doing the preparations for my leave, which started at the beginning of February. This included final changes to the plot outline and character sketches for the major characters. I also fiddled quite a bit with the geography and culture of the world for the story. The current working title… Continue reading Novel update
Novel update
The major events of the plot for the novel started to gel. I had a good sense at this point of the story, but not on a detailed level. One of the major characters changed sex, which helped create some additional conflict for the storyline.
Writing update
Started working in earnest on developing the plot for my novel. I added a major character and started planning what events should happen in the story.
Writing update
A bit of a wasteland in terms of progress on any project. I organized some things I wished to do with my short stories, but put them aside. Spent a good deal of time playing a computer game, and otherwise futzing around.
Writing lack
World events intrude on writing time and after September 11, I don't have the urge to sit down and write. This continued for most of the month. It also didn't help that I was shifting gears at the time from working on short fiction to the novel.
Writing update
I had a major breakthrough with a short story that had been bothering me for an inordinate amount of time. While Liz and I were at the cottage I finally figured out the plot that would satisfy me.
Dispatches from Obscurity 