My Personal Brand of Insanity
You know, in spite of a couple entries so far this week, I realized that I haven’t actually provided an update on my progress writing Still They Watch. I should probably do that, though you already know it’s going well after my post on Monday night.
The numbers for the week since my last update:
Saturday: 4,842
Sunday: 5,424
Monday: 4,444
Tuesday: 3,032
Wednesday: 3,695
Man, I shouldn’t leave it that long again. All of this brings me to a current total of 58,309 before I start writing for the night. I’m having fun with Devan (of course), but I’ve noticed that I’m losing the battle against driving myself crazy (well, okay, crazier). 2k words per day is my personal pace, the point at which I stop kicking myself in the ass. Or when I should stop doing that. It isn’t anymore. I wish it was some nights, but if I’m being honest, it isn’t. No, when I hit 2k for the night, even if I’ve had the day job going on, and done other necessary tasks, I still sit there and think, okay, only 1k to go and I can be content. Yes, I’m now up to insisting that anything less than 3k per day isn’t enough. Though this is unintentional, or at least unconscious, I understand the reasons. It’s that lengthy list of projects and stories I have sitting there, characters begging for their turn. Yes, I’m still young at 34, and there are many years left in my life for writing (all else being equal), but I really don’t think the idea torrent in my head is going to slow down. I’m already thinking of them faster than I can write them (which even I will admit is saying something) so that means I have to either write faster or get a time turner. Unless JK Rowling can help me with this, it’s going to have to be write faster.
No, this does not mean that I have any intention of lowering my standards, or that I’d release anything I didn’t feel was my best effort. But it means that I need to find a way to catch up. Or learn not to cry at the idea of stories going untold. Sadly, I’m not sure either is possible, but I’m going to give the catching up thing a shot, since I really do feel sad and panicked at the idea of stories going untold.
Nice shiny word count you got there!
Thank you! I’m trying to make it shinier, but that takes time.
*goes back to polishing words into the count for extra sparkliness*
I don’t know how so many writers find the time to work on multiple projects at once – blogs, draft stories, edit, market, and keep up on reading, work the day job, oh and have some semblance of a life. I feel the same — so many stories to be told, so little time.
Your daily word count is awesome! That’s gotta help
Well, I often say I don’t have that much of a life. I pretty much do a routine of eat, sleep, work, write. Some reading, some blogging, but that’s kind of it. I think we each do our best to balance what’s truly important to us. As for working on so many projects, it’s my substitute for patience, keeping busy on other things so I don’t edit too soon. Also, with the sheer volume of ideas I have, I need to work on multiple things at once. But the most basic reason is that we do it because we can’t not do it.
And thanks. I’ll admit, pushing through a lot of words does help keep everything moving along. And, of course, it’s November, and that means NaNo and the frantic drive to write a novel in a month. The fact that it’s the method I used when I write every novel is only sort of the point.