Catégorie : Writing project

This week word count goal: 15 000 words
Word count so far: 13 106

Yesterday, I didn’t take the time to write. For it was the most beautiful fall day this fall-lover can dream of.
Clear blue sky, crisp fresh air, trees leafs full of colors. The last flowers of the season are blooming, both in the gardens of our little neighborhood and in the nearby fallow field we walk by, on our way to the old Fort watching over the river basin. Gooses were resting on the water. They stop here every year on their way down South or back up North when spring is almost ready to shine, once more.

Because of that, and many parenting things to do, I did not reach my 15 000 words word count goal. But I got pretty close.
All that because… I have no paying contract and all my pitch were rejected.

In short, I need to recollect, analyze what’s wrong and work out a new approach to get those writing gigs going.
Probably gonna way less time next week to work on the new writing project. So, let’s hope for a terrific nap time + night time writing session tomorrow.

Today, day 21

Word count goal for the week: 22 500 words
Word count goal so far: 13 321 words

It is pj day. Heavy clouds and strong winds are keeping me with kiddo inside, while hubby-to-be took its courage out to participate in a manifestation against a incredibly stupid, ridiculous, against inclusion and basic human rights law that was just adopted by the new government of my province.
But I digress.
Kiddo is sleeping in the big bed. That means I am staying close to keep an eye on things. The only time I didn’t, I cam back to find kiddo up on the very corner of the bed, getting ready to jump and probably hit its head against the corner of a nighstand table. Never again, I then swore to myself.
I am now fighting with all my might and some Pinterest action to stay awake.
I barely wrote a 100 words so far, but I feel lazy, lazy, lazy. Even too lazy to try one of the many writing tips I keep in my sleeves to kick my laziness in the bottom.
And the drafting is… blah. I need to do a full-on first revision, because many details are floating everywhere, especially concerning the Best Friend characters.
And, it’s a multiple P.O.V. book, BUT, the Main Character gets more chapters time; so I need to balance it all a bit better.

In short, lots of work and little writing forward, which I could do, but I know it will too much of a mess to clean if I don’t tackle the small problems now.
5 more minutes on Pinterest, and then I start writing.
Just 5 more minutes, I pinky swear.

6 hours later

I am giving up for tonight. Being alone with a kiddo all day is tiring. Fun, but tiring.

I did manage to write a little more words, but I’m gonna have to put in more efforts this week if I want to catch up and meet my word count goal.

Thanks, thanks, thanks for reading along this very old fashioned writing journal. It does motivate me to write more. Without it, tonight, I would have Candy Crush-it instead of even trying to write, without a smidgen of remorse.
So, yeah, thanks.
Until next time!

This week word count goal: 15 000
Word count so far: 11 047

I got an eye cramp.
Did you know that you can have a cramp in your eye?
35 to 44 years on Earth, and I first experienced it today, while drafting away! Ha!

Today, I used my list of to-do’s before writing, to see if I could be as productive today as I was yesterday.
I guess I could have done better but I’m fairly happy with the results.

This story is going very well – of course, I’ve only just started writing it!
Nevertheless, I feel at ease in a contemporary-ish setting. It has been a while…

Also, I can see the writing tips science paying off on that new project. I can’t remember where I got that writing the backstories at the same time as the outline tip, but it is a good one. Must confess, I find the backstories more useful than the outline.
I love being able to go to my characters’ backstories in a heartbeat instead of figuring it out as I go. It really does help.

Although they are rough backstories, it still super useful to have the basics handy. I am still adding some stuff, erasing other stuff. Overall though, I can find their family history, the main events that shape them to be the characters they are at the beginning of the novel.

I say this, when I look back at the manuscript, I feel a bit scared. It still follows the outline main « guidelines », but the story is so different now.

My main concern now is the flow of it all. Conflicts follow action follow consequences. It’s all there, but it might be too much. I feel the urge to edit and clean up that beautiful mess.
However, powering through has proven to be much more effective… and fun.

Thanks for reading the diary ramblings of a crazy writer on a quest. If you wanna start at the beginning, be my guest.
Until next time!