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Baraka_Guru · 11-16-2010, 04:59 PM

Word count: 13,703

It's now just past the halfway point in November. I just passed the quarter point in the word count goal of 50,000 (I'm sitting at 27.4% completion).

Some observations:

I'm still doubtful and I still contemplate quitting (psychologically I'm still quitting, telling myself I'm done with it only to sit down to the story again).
My hangups include: "The story's going nowhere." "There is no story." "It's not was I had in mind." "It's not the kind of story I want to tell." "It's not any good." etc.
I find it increasingly difficult to sit down to write. I've missed entire days, especially weekends when I have the most time/energy to write.
I find it increasingly easier to write when I do sit down.
The more I write, the more ideas I get.
An outline would have made writing this easier, but I don't know if I could have come up with the storyline I have thus far.
A storyline is developing. I can feel it.
I'm getting over the concerns with quality. I don't care if my descriptions are sparse/missing, my character actions are wooden, my dialogue is confusing, etc., there is something I'm building, and I can make more sense of it with future revisions if I want to.
Much of what I've written is front-ended. So in sense I've been hammering out the "boring" stuff and still have the exciting stuff to write. Maybe this will make it easier to up my daily word count.
I've built one hell of an awesome soundtrack library on my iPod for listening while writing this thing.

11-16-2010, 04:59 PM	#48 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Word count: 13,703 It's now just past the halfway point in November. I just passed the quarter point in the word count goal of 50,000 (I'm sitting at 27.4% completion). Some observations: I'm still doubtful and I still contemplate quitting (psychologically I'm still quitting, telling myself I'm done with it only to sit down to the story again). My hangups include: "The story's going nowhere." "There is no story." "It's not was I had in mind." "It's not the kind of story I want to tell." "It's not any good." etc. I find it increasingly difficult to sit down to write. I've missed entire days, especially weekends when I have the most time/energy to write. I find it increasingly easier to write when I do sit down. The more I write, the more ideas I get. An outline would have made writing this easier, but I don't know if I could have come up with the storyline I have thus far. A storyline is developing. I can feel it. I'm getting over the concerns with quality. I don't care if my descriptions are sparse/missing, my character actions are wooden, my dialogue is confusing, etc., there is something I'm building, and I can make more sense of it with future revisions if I want to. Much of what I've written is front-ended. So in sense I've been hammering out the "boring" stuff and still have the exciting stuff to write. Maybe this will make it easier to up my daily word count. I've built one hell of an awesome soundtrack library on my iPod for listening while writing this thing. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 11-16-2010 at 05:02 PM..