Plodding away
Aug. 25th, 2008 06:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
musingaloudClub 100 Day = 29!!!! Words for August = 4629 Average words/day = 193
Words written in August that might be usable in story = 3 or 4. No no, I jest. I hope I jest. No, Shirley, I jest.
So in my quest to write 100 words a day, the other thing I'm doing is when I sit down to write, I don't first re-read what I've already written. Unless I've forgotten where I'm at, and then I only read the previous day's writing. This is contrary to how I usually write. My normal routine is to start each writing session by reading the story from the beginning. This results in an almost photogenic memory of the story's beginning, which doesn't sit too well when I need to revise, because the story is too familiar. It also leaves traces of phrases or words I've used in my memory and I tend to re-use them in the story without consciously remembering it's already been used.
But the WiP is about to the point where I need to go back through and read from the beginning, but I confess I'm a bit scared to do so. I was writing along the other night and a new idea occurred to me, a new motivation for my MC. I think I'm going to use it, but it will involve a new beginning at the very least. That's not a biggie, I was pretty certain the beginning I had was going to go anyway. I hope this will be a case of the words not being the total pieces of crap that I think they are. Otherwise I need to re-write from scratch.
We go camping this weekend. I guess I'll have to take pencil and paper to keep up with my 100 words per day. I can just see me now trying to count the words though. I betcha I get lost and have to start over a couple of times. I could take the laptop for my daily writing, but the battery doesn't last very long anymore, although I could charge up my old one for a spare. But then there's the dust and dirt to deal with, plus why take it up there where it could get dropped or sat on or who knows what when I can just as easily write longhand. I'll probably print out a story that needs editing to take along too.
Words written in August that might be usable in story = 3 or 4. No no, I jest. I hope I jest. No, Shirley, I jest.
So in my quest to write 100 words a day, the other thing I'm doing is when I sit down to write, I don't first re-read what I've already written. Unless I've forgotten where I'm at, and then I only read the previous day's writing. This is contrary to how I usually write. My normal routine is to start each writing session by reading the story from the beginning. This results in an almost photogenic memory of the story's beginning, which doesn't sit too well when I need to revise, because the story is too familiar. It also leaves traces of phrases or words I've used in my memory and I tend to re-use them in the story without consciously remembering it's already been used.
But the WiP is about to the point where I need to go back through and read from the beginning, but I confess I'm a bit scared to do so. I was writing along the other night and a new idea occurred to me, a new motivation for my MC. I think I'm going to use it, but it will involve a new beginning at the very least. That's not a biggie, I was pretty certain the beginning I had was going to go anyway. I hope this will be a case of the words not being the total pieces of crap that I think they are. Otherwise I need to re-write from scratch.
We go camping this weekend. I guess I'll have to take pencil and paper to keep up with my 100 words per day. I can just see me now trying to count the words though. I betcha I get lost and have to start over a couple of times. I could take the laptop for my daily writing, but the battery doesn't last very long anymore, although I could charge up my old one for a spare. But then there's the dust and dirt to deal with, plus why take it up there where it could get dropped or sat on or who knows what when I can just as easily write longhand. I'll probably print out a story that needs editing to take along too.
