WEDAY Stats - July
Aug. 1st, 2011 01:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hwrnmnbsolWord Count: 52537. Somewhat reduced owing to vacation.
I have one major disappointment and one pretty good victory this month. On a down note, I totally bailed on the Nightworld story, and I feel like a complete quitter. I'm probably going to have to finish that sometime this year if only so I can get that monkey off my back. I apologize to those who invested time in giving a crap about a story I didn't even finish.
Better news: I was reasonably successful at continuing my writing momentum, even when I had to trade laptop for pen and paper. Some notes about writing by hand: I find that the words flow similarly, and reasonably without edits; when I look back at my handwritten sheets, I see very few strike-throughs, so I think when my brain is doing the writing, it generally has a pretty good idea of what I'm doing before the words hit the page. I think I'm about 50% slower when writing by hand, however, and interestingly, I find that stories written by hand wind up being about 50% shorter. This suggests to me that my story length is dictated more by my span of attention and less by some internal barometer of how big it should be. Must ponder. Could it be that I write micro-fiction, not novels, because I am effectively a crack baby?
Another interesting thing I have learned about myself: I am incapable of writing while a passenger in a car. I just can't tune out the radio, passing scenery, etc., even when the other people in the car are being quiet. In contrast, I can write very well on a plane. Not sure why.
I wrote a few things this month that I liked. When I go back and read my own stuff, the things I most enjoy are the bits where I create a world very different from this one such as in Job Safety or Jaunt-Thru Country. I also like His Master's Voice; I always thought the RCA logo ought to have a story behind it. I wrote a few stinkers too. The less said about those, the better.
Still enjoying the writing project, but man it can get in the way of enjoying a lazy existence. Must keep writing! Please keep reading! Thanks!
I have one major disappointment and one pretty good victory this month. On a down note, I totally bailed on the Nightworld story, and I feel like a complete quitter. I'm probably going to have to finish that sometime this year if only so I can get that monkey off my back. I apologize to those who invested time in giving a crap about a story I didn't even finish.
Better news: I was reasonably successful at continuing my writing momentum, even when I had to trade laptop for pen and paper. Some notes about writing by hand: I find that the words flow similarly, and reasonably without edits; when I look back at my handwritten sheets, I see very few strike-throughs, so I think when my brain is doing the writing, it generally has a pretty good idea of what I'm doing before the words hit the page. I think I'm about 50% slower when writing by hand, however, and interestingly, I find that stories written by hand wind up being about 50% shorter. This suggests to me that my story length is dictated more by my span of attention and less by some internal barometer of how big it should be. Must ponder. Could it be that I write micro-fiction, not novels, because I am effectively a crack baby?
Another interesting thing I have learned about myself: I am incapable of writing while a passenger in a car. I just can't tune out the radio, passing scenery, etc., even when the other people in the car are being quiet. In contrast, I can write very well on a plane. Not sure why.
I wrote a few things this month that I liked. When I go back and read my own stuff, the things I most enjoy are the bits where I create a world very different from this one such as in Job Safety or Jaunt-Thru Country. I also like His Master's Voice; I always thought the RCA logo ought to have a story behind it. I wrote a few stinkers too. The less said about those, the better.
Still enjoying the writing project, but man it can get in the way of enjoying a lazy existence. Must keep writing! Please keep reading! Thanks!
