Cory Doctorow says he writes 250 words a day on novels. The rest of his time is spent blogging and speaking and teaching and other things.
Two hundred fifty words a day--everyday--is a novel a year.
So a half hour a day is doable.
I'm working back to my best productive schedule: waking up between 4:30 - 5:30 in the morning and writing. It means making lunch at night and showering before bed. It means going to bed a little earlier. But I'm hoping it works again like it used to.
Things are flowing again with Promise for the first time in a while.
It's nice.
it was painful, and there was never a breakthrough or a hint of momentum. but the work got done, and im happy with it.I kept jumping around in Promise and getting that whole, "Why bother?" feeling
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ill talk a lil on wednesday about this if were on, but i had to work backwards through my outline to shore up act II. it was weird.
i have never been an outline guy, and now i dont know how i thought i was going to finish this book without one.
mark and i talked about this too: he said 'well, youve got a baby coming!' and i said, you know, everyone says that. and yeah, that has entailed a lot of thought and work and scheduling, and shes not even here yet. but i still feel like its doable. i may be braindead the first few months, but if im used to guerrilla style writing, jumping in for 45 min a few times a day, i dont see it as a dealbreaker. just another challenge.
finally, was hoping id gig you into giving us the first chapter of promise, but if its going to eff with your style or flow, dont worry about it. just want to read it!
Did someone call my name? I'm good for Wednesday. Contrary to you, I've begun sleeping again, if a little fitfully. I'm thinking we only have one sleep gene between us, and I'm taking it for awhile.
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Cory Doctorow says he writes 250 words a day on novels. The rest of his time is spent blogging and speaking and teaching and other things.
Two hundred fifty words a day--everyday--is a novel a year.
So a half hour a day is doable.
I'm working back to my best productive schedule: waking up between 4:30 - 5:30 in the morning and writing. It means making lunch at night and showering before bed. It means going to bed a little earlier. But I'm hoping it works again like it used to.
Things are flowing again with Promise for the first time in a while.
It's nice.
it was painful, and there was never a breakthrough or a hint of momentum. but the work got done, and im happy with it.I kept jumping around in Promise and getting that whole, "Why bother?" feeling ( ... )
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i have never been an outline guy, and now i dont know how i thought i was going to finish this book without one.
mark and i talked about this too: he said 'well, youve got a baby coming!' and i said, you know, everyone says that. and yeah, that has entailed a lot of thought and work and scheduling, and shes not even here yet. but i still feel like its doable. i may be braindead the first few months, but if im used to guerrilla style writing, jumping in for 45 min a few times a day, i dont see it as a dealbreaker. just another challenge.
finally, was hoping id gig you into giving us the first chapter of promise, but if its going to eff with your style or flow, dont worry about it. just want to read it!
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I'll send the first season (28,000 words) tonight.
I don't expect you guys to have it read by Wednesday.
I don't mind sending parts. I won't go chapter by chapter, but Promise is told over 5 seasons, so I'll send a season at a time.
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