Finding Time for Writing
This will be just a short note today. Despite my procrastinating, there was fantasy novel writing at my house last night. I wrote last night for a little more than an hour. I got kind of a late start, so I didn’t write for as long as I would like, and I fell short of the goal. I wrote a little more than 800 words.
But I wrapped up Chapter 7, at least in rough-draft form. That’s definitely progress. As for not meeting my word-count goal, I’m not all that concerned. I will make it up somewhere else.
Besides, word count doesn’t really matter to me. It’s just a way to help me keep track of my progress, to give myself a way to say whether I’ve had a productive writing day. I imagine I might spend some days just revising and editing.
On account of my late start, I didn’t do any revising last night. I wanted to focus on getting some new stuff on paper. Finishing Chapter 7 was more important. But tonight, I’ll probably spend a good deal of time editing and revising. I’ll review all of Chapter 7 and strengthen whatever I can. I also think I need to take a good look at my notes and make sure the next few chapters are on solid ground. I’d also like to take a look at the order of the chapters. I have several groups of characters heading in different directions, and I don’t want to be switching back and forth too often. But I also need to keep the story moving along without backtracking.
Fantasy Writer’s Progress Report:
- Consecutive days of productive writing: 3
- Chapters complete: 7
- Word Count: 25,128
