Holiday Weekend Update
May. 25th, 2009 07:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinanjuI've got a fifth story ready to send out. By which I mean, as ready as its gonna be. Doesn't mean it's ready for primetime, but that's for editors to tell me. It'll go into the mail tomorrow.
Tonight I'll be trying to pin down the basics of at least two or three stories I can work on this week. The idea is that instead of sitting down to a blank page with absolutely NO idea what I'm going to write about, much less what words I'm going to write...I'll only have to worry about coming up with the specifics. I'll already have an idea of what the subject of the story will be. The essential story question, the opening scene...something.
I'm hoping that will enable me to write more and/or faster. I've decided that I need to be more productive. Which means a) more time writing and b) faster writing. I need a stretch goal. Something I can make if I push myself a little, but not so high as to be unreachable and therefore demotivating. How to determine what that might be? Trial and error.
So for this week, my goal is 1500 words every day. Not necessarily on a single story; just total words written on any and all stories. If that turns out to be unachievable, I'll scale it back. If it turns out to be easier than I expect, I'll increase it.
Stay tuned, sports fans.
Words WrittenToday yesterday & today: 2,336
Words Written YTD (since May 1): 22,058
Streak (500+ words/day): 15 Days
Stories in Circulation: 4
Rejections: 3
Stories Accepted: 0
Tonight I'll be trying to pin down the basics of at least two or three stories I can work on this week. The idea is that instead of sitting down to a blank page with absolutely NO idea what I'm going to write about, much less what words I'm going to write...I'll only have to worry about coming up with the specifics. I'll already have an idea of what the subject of the story will be. The essential story question, the opening scene...something.
I'm hoping that will enable me to write more and/or faster. I've decided that I need to be more productive. Which means a) more time writing and b) faster writing. I need a stretch goal. Something I can make if I push myself a little, but not so high as to be unreachable and therefore demotivating. How to determine what that might be? Trial and error.
So for this week, my goal is 1500 words every day. Not necessarily on a single story; just total words written on any and all stories. If that turns out to be unachievable, I'll scale it back. If it turns out to be easier than I expect, I'll increase it.
Stay tuned, sports fans.
Words Written
Words Written YTD (since May 1): 22,058
Streak (500+ words/day): 15 Days
Stories in Circulation: 4
Rejections: 3
Stories Accepted: 0
