So, I did get two chapters (re)written yesterday for a total of around 5300 words. Some of that word count is warm-up and me 'interviewing' my characters. That's a technique I use when I'm staring at a blank page and don't know where to go. It works really well.
I spent most of the day avoiding these two chapters. I have a suspicion that I know too much in my head and I know (at least I think I do... it's possible it could change) what's going to happen to these two and I don't like it. I had a long discussion with myself (yes... sometimes it has to happen), telling myself that I needed to be true to my story and write these chapters. It took all day, but I finally got it done. I feel better now that it is and the whole process produced another chapter that now needs to happen. It's all good.
It's busy Wednesday today so I don't know how much I'm going to get done. I'd like to get two more chapters done today, but with my performance yesterday, I don't if that's going to happen.
I got the rest of my shipment of my book order in the mail today. Next week, I'm going to go talk to the local Barnes and Noble to see if they'll put them out. Maybe there'll be a book-signing too. We'll see.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Saturday, September 24, 2016
September 24, 2016
Today's been pretty blah. I haven't done much work on anything.
Maybe I needed a couple days off.
I worked for a couple hours yesterday on the drawing of the accommodations. It still isn't done, however. I need to resize the rooms a little. They seem too big if they're trying to be economical. Each one is 750 square feet for a family of three, which sounds really small. However, they don't have a lot of belongings and they don't need a kitchen. The two bedrooms are 9x10 with a small bathroom, 6x5. Once you subtract that space out, you have a living room that's 20x25, 500 square feet. That's really huge. I could knock one dimension down by five feet and it would be 15x25. That would give a decent sized living area with a 'dining room' for a table and chairs, even though they wouldn't use it as such.
Writing did not go well yesterday. I got just over 200 words rewritten. Ish.
I tried to sit and read someone else's book but it didn't work. I can't get into it. I read a couple paragraphs and then I'm thinking about my book. And then I can't sit down and write. It's frustrating.
I'll see you guys on Monday.
Maybe I needed a couple days off.
I worked for a couple hours yesterday on the drawing of the accommodations. It still isn't done, however. I need to resize the rooms a little. They seem too big if they're trying to be economical. Each one is 750 square feet for a family of three, which sounds really small. However, they don't have a lot of belongings and they don't need a kitchen. The two bedrooms are 9x10 with a small bathroom, 6x5. Once you subtract that space out, you have a living room that's 20x25, 500 square feet. That's really huge. I could knock one dimension down by five feet and it would be 15x25. That would give a decent sized living area with a 'dining room' for a table and chairs, even though they wouldn't use it as such.
Writing did not go well yesterday. I got just over 200 words rewritten. Ish.
I tried to sit and read someone else's book but it didn't work. I can't get into it. I read a couple paragraphs and then I'm thinking about my book. And then I can't sit down and write. It's frustrating.
I'll see you guys on Monday.
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