Meditations on the writing process, writing tools, ruminations, and occasional postings of my own work.
I decided to take Creighton’s advice and do something completely different. I thought about my NaNoWriMo success(es) and what worked there and how much fun I had working on that project. He was right that part of the reason for that success was that I wasn’t invested in that piece in the same way that […]
Of all my personal goals that I’ve set for 2007, it’s the writing one that’s bugging me the most. Write another draft of my novel. I’m shooting for another draft of at least 80,000 words with at least 40,000 words worth of new material. Complete overhaul. Progress so far? Well, I’ve got most of a […]
Two hours well spent tonight. Reviewing notes going back to October of last year. Making tweaks to the ideas. Committing to other ideas that I had been “iffy” on. And then: writing. For the first time since I wrapped up “draft 1d” or “e” or whatever. Probably a good six months since the last writing […]
In the wake of finishing up Porno, I find myself ruminating on the craft again — as I seem often to do when I wrap up a piece (be it read or written). How would I have described Welsh? — I ask myself — if I had chosen to write it like some book jacket […]
Cross-posted from Synaptic Clog: Writely Done or: How F_D Learned to Stop Worrying and Love NaNoWriMo The tunes that got me through the month: “Panic” The Smiths “No Names feat. Black Debbie” Danger Doom “We Will Become Silhouettes” The Shins “How Soon Is Now?” The Smiths “Banstyle/Sappy’s Curry” Underworld “Lift Your Head up High (And […]
Writing location: everywhere but The Chair… Well… I made it. Squeezed in 3,048 words today to meet the goal. I would not exactly say that the story is finished. (My “ending” is too … er … Stephensonian for that to be the case…) I feel like I could squeeze another 50,000 out of this tale. […]
Writing locations: kitchen but mostly The Chair… The fourth Friday of the month. We’ll call it the end of week four though we haven’t yet had a full four weeks of November. That said, I think we’ll hit 50k here before then. Nearly there but calling it an early night. The holidays can really take […]
Writing location: kitchen table > The Chair > kitchen table > couch > The Chair… …back on track. Got the daily average back up to 2,006/day. Still optimistic that I’ll hit 50k with time to spare. Quite the full day today too and I still managed this one: Today’s Oblique Strategy: The most important thing […]
Writing location: Once again, it’s all about The Chair… Something cropped up at work and kept yrs truly late. Kind of draining. Kind of killed the momentum for the night. Ugh. In two days my average per day word count went from 2,107 to 1,979. A 6.07% decrease! I’m slipping… Perhaps I will get a […]
Writing location: The Chair… 100%. Welcome 802 Online readers. (Thanks for the plug, Cathy!) Family just landed in town for the Thanksgiving holiday. Alas, hanging up the spurs a little early this evening: Today’s Oblique Strategy: ghost echoes Today’s Word Count: 42,960 of 50,000 (85.92%)