As I said a couple of days before, I changed my mind about writing daily reports every day. When everything is fine and I reach my writing goals, I’ll skip. Unless that day’s writing gives me some ideas for musing. Writing like a… King For example, on Tuesday and Friday, …
Today was a pile-up day, with me trying to do everything that is not writing my main project all at once. Editing Not today, but yesterday I wrote through the rough patch, so since there I hope to make progress quickly. And at last, I got this feeling that I …
Daily Writing Went to the library a bit late, but wrote 800 words. Then added 300 words later, at home. This made me think that I will probably not write these reports every day. I know some writers do—Dean Wesley Smith, for example, who has been doing this for a …
I went to The Harold Washington Library Center almost in time, but spent half an hour searching for books to borrow. Then, though, I wrote 700 words in an hour and a half, which is very well. I will write a separate post about it on Sunday because it made …
Wednesday, the day of ‘other stuff’ piled together. No wonder it usually doesn’t go well, and this is the goal that often breaks my write daily routine. Short Stories I was unpardonably late to leave for the library and only managed to write 100 words there. For a main project, …
Today was Tuesday, meaning the main project day. Normally, I would go to a library and write between 300 and 700 words. The minimum is for days when I am late for some reason or have to leave early for some chores, so 500 is a good estimate what I …
I hate accountability. I don’t mean I ditch my responsibilities at any opportunity, or miss deadlines. No, I’m rather a stickler for the rules, so if I have a deadline, be sure I’d go a very long way to make it right. What I’m talking about here is more of …
I should have written this post on November 1st, when NaNoWriMo started, or at least at the first achievement: 5000 words. Then I should have documented my progress like I did the last year. As it goes, though, I just couldn’t. On the first day I finished 2000 words and …
Words don’t come easy to me. Especially if you are in love with them. You want them good, even better—perfect, and this stops you dead. At least, it does it to me. Luckily, humans have an incredible ability to pick themselves up when they really want it. And I …
There’s so much written on procrastination that reading all of it becomes a nice excuse to procrastinate one’s own writing. And it is amazing how people will always find their way around any good advice or technique. Sometimes I feel like my most productive activity is to avoid being productive, …
