I did it! NaNoWriMo successfully failed I know, it’s more than two months late for the results of a NaNoWriMo but better late than never, isn’t it? Interestingly, the main reason I didn’t write about this earlier has nothing to do with writing and writing goals per se: it’s just …
NaNoWriMo is a National November Writing Month. It brings thousands of writers and wannabe writers together in their love for writing—and in a hope to finish the damn book that had been sitting inside for years. It began in 1999, almost twenty years ago. I even remember that I’ve heard …
One of the books I’ve read recently is The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman. It’s not about writing at all, but it gave me some ideas about setting and keeping writing goals — the thing that I often struggle with. The problem with …
Writing days As I mentioned before, I decided not to cling to a daily word count too tight because it seemed to become an obstacle to my writing rather than a help. I used to write 1000 words/ day, and at a specific time, for several months, but a restrictive …
On Friday, I fell off the wagon— That’s what I was going to write, but then a thought struck me: What is my wagon? And what falling off it really means? The answer to the first question is kind of simple: to write the WIP. But then I’ve made it …
The main project On Monday and Tuesday, I wrote 1000 words each day, as planned. I had some problems, mostly about the mindset, because on Sunday I read a couple of blog posts somewhere on why people SHOULDN’T write every day. While a lot of it sounded like an envious …
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 …
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 …
