On Track!

[katiefoolery]

I thought my plan to write ten thousand words in ten weeks was failing miserably.  I was sitting around, honestly thinking I hadn’t done any writing for the last few weeks, when I suddenly realised that I was a complete idiot.  What, I asked myself, were those painful hours spent breaking down Black Fiddle into individual scenes?  Did they count for nothing?

The answer, quite simply, is “no”.  They most certainly didn’t count for nothing.  They definitely count for something.

It’s not a lot of fun, this scene breakdown.  Essentially, I’m re-reading the entire book and summarising it into scenes.  There was one chapter a while back that comprised one long and rather dramatic scene.  Three and a half thousand words were turned into two hundred and fifty.  It was a bit depressing, really.

While it might not be fiction, it’s writing and it’s hard work, so I’m counting all of those words for these past four weeks.  This means that my attempt to stop being lazy and to write Ten Thousand words in Ten Weeks is actually on track.  Amazingly.  Tomorrow marks the end of the sixth week and – thanks to my scene breakdown – I’m already on 6,538 words.

It’s not good enough for these characters in my head, though.  They demand to be released and they won’t stop bugging me until I let them out, damned noisy things that they are.  Still, I don’t have a real problem with that.  If I ended up writing more than ten thousand words in my ten weeks, I wouldn’t exactly be disappointed.

Comments

[naelany.livejournal.com]

See! I told you!!! Didn't I tell you? *grins* I told you you would be able to do it, and that you'd be doing more then you might think ^_~ *hugs* Yay for being on track ^_^

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks. :) I was so delighted when I realised I had actually been doing something. It's inspired me to do more, now!

[naelany.livejournal.com]

*grins* I'm glad you got to the realisation then ^_~ It's the little things that count, even if we do forget them, or take them for granted

[snarkymonkey.livejournal.com]

Yay for you! It's always a good feeling to know that all that work you've done is actually *work.* =3 And I say excellence in keeping with your goal. *grins* I'm hoping to get some work done tomorrow on my day off. I don't plan on going *anywhere.*

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I'm inspired to do even more, now. I hope your day off is just as productive. :)

[crazedturkey.livejournal.com]

hooray!!!

Go Bunne! You and I have a booklaunch to attend!

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Indeed we do!

*starts writing invitation list*

[crazedturkey.livejournal.com]

I'll even let you bring bunhusband if you like. However, only one of his heads is invited...(and not the one with the question mark!)

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

You realise I'm going to have to lie and trick him in order to get him to come to the launch? I'll have to spend the week before saying: "No, I promise the scary doctor from Canberra won't be coming. No, really. It's a completely different person with the same name who wrote the book..."

[crazedturkey.livejournal.com]

JUst bring the loud outgoing head. Leave the shy one at home...:p

[cat-eyes-el.livejournal.com]

...Oooh, what book?

[cat-eyes-el.livejournal.com]

Forgot the :P

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Two books, actually. Mine and Turks's. I'll put your name on the invitation list but you may have to keep the next five or so years completely free.

[crazedturkey.livejournal.com]

That's right....You're all invited...Black Fiddle by the Buneater and Empty Earth by Dr. Turkey! New Talent in Australian Sci Fi/Fantasy

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I'm really looking forward to that launch. It'll be so much fun.

[gravityslave.livejournal.com]

Wow!
You amaze me. If I was allowed to count the things I've written in my head since you started, the character conversations I've rehearsed out loud on the bus (by accident), and all my lj entries, I might, might be averaging 500 words per week. I really want to be more like you. Anybody want to borrow an almost 4 year old for a bit so his mom can write?

I admit, I've also killed about forty hours so far replaying Baldur's Gate 2, but this time with a female elf specialized ranger. Okay, that's a terrible excuse.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Stop, you're making me blush! I'm not that good, really. I'm actually quite lazy. I really should be writing at least two other stories as well, but I'm being slack. Also, I only have a reasonably self-sufficient Timothy and a mostly asleep cat to deal with. Kids take up a lot of time!

Actually, your excuse is a lot better than: I didn't do any writing today because I was aimlessly mucking around on the internet... A LOT better.

[gravityslave.livejournal.com]

LOL
Oh, but I do that too! I have an hour set aside every morning to catch up on lj stuff and so on, but I almost always go over time and th3en wonder why I get the Wee Boy to daycare so late every day!
Sheesh. I'd say the Internet was evil if it didn't allow me to meet cool inspiring other writers such as yourself! :-)

[blackswans.livejournal.com]

Yay for writerly satisfaction!

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

It's a very good feeling indeed. :)