Day 12 and 13 Writing FayTown Calling
Yeah, it didn’t take long for me to miss a day. To recap, Monday was my eleventh day of keeping a log on FayTown Calling. Tuesday would have been my twelfth except I never got around to writing or even making a record of not writing. It was a busy day, work, child, wife, sleepy. Twelve was a bust but I got up early today (Tuesday) and wrote before work, knocking out the second half of the section I worked on Monday. I’m writing this post before going to bed because it was another long day and I’m exhausted. I’ll be getting up early tomorrow to write though with a second session at night. My wife will be working on a paper and the spawn will be with his grandparents, so a bit extra time. Will update tomorrow. UPDATE: Okay, changed my mind and ended up starting the next section….
Day 11 of Writing FayTown Calling
Yep, keeping with the same number. (In case there’s any doubt, this is day 11 of the record, not day 11 since start. I’ve been writing this for like a year and a half.) Got home at about 8:30, gave my son his bath, spent a little time with him, and read him a color of his own. Then it was off to beddy-bye (we’re normally much better about that but I had class so this was a late night). I worked on half a section, knocking out a conversation between Virgil and the villain, and started on the action scene that makes up the rest of the section. It’s moving along. This was a scene from the very first draft that I had a lot of fun with so to be able to polish it up and flesh it out with more detail has been a good time. No…
Day 9 of 10 Writing FayTown Calling
It’s seven in the morning and I’m pretty sure I’m done writing for now. I got a few hours of sleep, fully intending to actually go to bed, then woke up and stayed that way. This turned out to be a mixed blessing as I then wrote 4,200 words that I am very, very happy with. The afternoon netted be over 2,000 giving me a total of around 6,500 words for day nine. That bleeds into Sunday (day 10) so I don’t really know how to count it, but whatever, I’m calling that day nine. Currently, the story is at 112, 391 words. If you’re scratching your head at that total, that’s because of a lot of cannibalization of previous words. Those don’t get counted in my word count for the day, but obviously do for the total. Because so much is getting recycled, and so much getting cut because…
Day 8 of 10 Writing FayTown Calling
Yesterday was a two part day. The first part was actual writing. I worked on two sections and added about 1,500 words. I still have several of these sections as Needs Work but that’s because I haven’t had a chance to go back over them and make sure I’m happy with them. The second part was last night, and involved no writing. Not a best practice by any means, but I worked out several issues that had been staring me in the face, including adding a major moment to a story arc that will be huge, a big enough deal that I’m going to need to go back and foreshadow it. It also made me consider how many words I’m willing to go over 125,000. On the one hand, it felt like I didn’t get anything done because I, literally, added know words. On the other, I had no idea…
Day 7 of 10 Writing FayTown Calling
Woah, sorry I’m late with this. I was up til seven and then slept late. Very late. Later than I have in a long time. Let’s all just agree not to ask… Anyway, it went well last night. I finished two sections, including one that I created on the fly. A lot of people compare outlining to pantsing, well that’s how I write when it comes down to it. I outline, I know what is happening, and then something comes along and just shoves its nose in everything. It’s a good scene though, and it gave me ideas for more. So, that’s my update for today. I lost some time and am probably going to lose some time tonight, so I’m going to write right now as much as possible.