It’s June 7th, 2015. Week twenty two of writing 1,000 words per day of fiction. It’s time for another update!
Days 151 through 157 have been successes, with a minimum of 1,000 words per day written.
Stats for Days 151 to 157: Continue reading
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1K a Day Motivational – “But I Deserve a Break”
Twenty-first in the 1K a Day Motivational Series, in which I talk about something that happened in the previous week that could have or did prevent me from writing a minimum of 1,000 words on a given day, or possibly talk about something that provided support to get me through the day.
So Saturday I wrote a mighty amount, finishing up the rough draft for Gridfall, the story that was essentially my entire life for the past five months. I had ripped the words kicking and screaming from my brain, and it felt so good.
It was time to goof off. It was time to rest, let the brain relax, let the words jumble a while and see what popped out. Continue reading
1K a Day Challenge – Week Twenty One
It’s May 31st, 2015. Week twenty one of writing 1,000 words per day of fiction. It’s time for another update!
Days 144 through 150 have been successes, with a minimum of 1,000 words per day written.
Stats for Days 144 to 150: Continue reading
1K a Day Motivational – “It Inspires Me” May Edition
Twentieth in the 1K a Day Motivational Series, in which I talk about something that happened in the previous week that could have or did prevent me from writing a minimum of 1,000 words on a given day, or possibly talk about something that provided support to get me through the day.
It’s the last week of May so it’s time for the next Inspiration post!
Let’s talk about Brandon Sanderson, shall we? That most prolific of fantasy authors, that speed-demon famous for Mistborn, Wheel of Time, Steelheart, The Stormlight Archives, and more.
He of the googolplex of words published every year. Continue reading
1K a Day Challenge – Week Twenty
It’s May 24th, 2015. Week twenty of writing 1,000 words per day of fiction. It’s time for another update!
Days 137 through 143 have been successes, with a minimum of 1,000 words per day written.
Stats for Days 137 to 143: Continue reading
1K a Day Motivational – “It’s Not Dark Enough”
Nineteenth in the 1K a Day Motivational Series, in which I talk about something that happened in the previous week that could have or did prevent me from writing a minimum of 1,000 words on a given day, or possibly talk about something that provided support to get me through the day. Or just rant about writing.
Last week I yammered on about the emotional turmoil that can come from writing about dark things happening to characters in your writing, and ways to avoid letting that emotional darkness affect your daily life.
So there’s a natural question that might come up to counter such a discussion: “If it’s traumatizing to write about, why put you and your characters through it?”
That’s a good question, and one I’ve considered often enough that it only seems fair to talk about it. Continue reading
1K a Day Challenge – Week Nineteen
It’s May 17th, 2015. Week nineteen of writing 1,000 words per day of fiction. It’s time for another update!
Days 130 through 136 have been successes, with a minimum of 1,000 words per day written.
Stats for Days 130 to 136: Continue reading
1K a Day Motivational – “It’s Just Too Dark”
Eighteenth in the 1K a Day Motivational Series, in which I talk about something that happened in the previous week that could have or did prevent me from writing a minimum of 1,000 words on a given day, or possibly talk about something that provided support to get me through the day.
Sometimes, and I mean fairly often, I find myself writing something that has a lot of darkness in it. This is the metaphorical darkness. You know, the good kind. Bad things happen in dark places, but sometimes the darkness is a red herring and all the really horrible shit happens in broad daylight.
And sometimes that bad stuff is just too bad. It’s Just Too Dark. Continue reading
1K a Day Challenge – Week Eighteen
It’s May 10th, 2015. Week eighteen of writing 1,000 words per day of fiction. It’s time for another update!
Days 123 through 129 have been successes, with a minimum of 1,000 words per day written.
Stats for Days 123 to 129: Continue reading
1K a Day Motivational – Discipline Versus Inspiration
Seventeenth in the 1K a Day Motivational Series, in which I talk about something that happened in the previous week that could have or did prevent me from writing a minimum of 1,000 words on a given day, or possibly talk about something that provided support to get me through the day. Or just rant, as I’m going to do today.
I do a lot of talking in these Motivationals that’s negative. Perhaps that’s a good focus, since most people I talk to about writing who are in the early stages of learning the craft are often looking for the negative stuff. They don’t need the “here’s what helped me and motivated me” but “here’s how I got over the block”. And that’s fine. It’s very hard to move beyond the initial excitement of starting a new project, or a new challenge, until you’ve done it a couple times.
And then it’s still difficult as hell. Every story of sufficient length I’ve written has hit those middle doldrums. That point wherein I look at what I’ve done and say “what am I doing?” Continue reading
Panning For Clouds 