You see this note and realize you need to reply to it. You dig out some work in progress or a blank page, and apply yourself to getting something you can proudly report you did. What you write, and how much you write is unimportant. The fact that you did so, sometime this week, is all that is important. The reason for this is that a little bit of work every week eventually adds up to finishing something.
We all know that new writing, is writing. We tend to forget, though, that editing is also writing, even if it is the work of someone else, or even critiquing the work of someone else. I tend to write by editing so after the rough, rough draft is done, I spend the rest of my time editing. Poetry, world or character creation, blogging, technical writing, article writing, are also writing. E-mails can be also writing, as long as they pertain to story or writing, and are very wordy.
The amount of writing does not matter. If you write one word, and it is the right word, then you wrote. I happen to be in an editing mode, bringing the word count down to something publications might accept. My page count is going backwards. I am improving sentences and correcting parts, but I am eliminating a lot of good stuff as I go. Luckily, I have the original, in case I later wish to expand it into part of a novel. Cutting is tough as there is so much good within it. They have to go though. Over the next couple weeks, my page counts will go down, rather than up. I did finish another work. It is also too long, but it is easier to cut down. I was happy to write THE END. It ended at page 31 with 19160 words. I added 1669 words since last week. This one will also need to be cut back for publication.
posted
Started a new short for WotF. Actually, wrote two starts to see which would work better. Other than that, took a little break.
Posts: 1993 | Registered: Jul 2009
| IP: Logged |
posted
Yes, I completed and submitted an overdue rewrite on "The Price Of Passage" - fingers crossed it's accepted.
Posts: 1469 | Registered: Jun 2005
| IP: Logged |
XD3V0NX
unregistered
posted
I've written two novels. I write stories pretty quickly and I just finished a novel on June 5th and that took me one month and five days. I took a break on that for about 20 days and then i got back to it, but, while i was on that break, i was in the middle of writing a few short stories. I just finished my FOURTT draft of my book yesturday and I think it's pretty much done. Now I'm just working on my query letter and I'm trying to get a few readers.
posted
Still working on my typewritten-page-a-day-breaking-this-case-of-writer's-block story. Just like last week...one typewritten page a day, except for a busy Monday (which was even busier than last week's Monday).
The story itself is coming together nicely, but, as per last week's comments, I don't know if I'll do any more with it than maybe retype it into the computer when the time comes...
posted
yes, I did. Although it was pretty much editing and outlining. A couple thousand new words, but writing all the same.
Posts: 1168 | Registered: Mar 2008
| IP: Logged |
Printer-friendly view of this topic
