I seriously feel the way that caricature looks. I have been trying to write my daily word goal of 2000 words all day. It’s been the busiest day I have had this week, and I didn’t leave the house. Nor did I take a shower until 2pm.
Lots of distraction this morning in my real world and lots of distraction in my story world. My characters are running wild in my head. They’re all talking at one time I can’t even think straight.
People who are new to writing think that them being the author who put out the word is in control of the world their characters live in. But they couldn’t be more wrong. These characters will see you going left and want you to go right. You say green eyes, they say brown. Their actions will pop into your head at the weirdest time and they all want to have an equal amount of face time.
I need a nap from this all day journey to write only 2127. It took all day but I made it.
I finally told my mother the round about day that I will be done with this book that she has been waiting for.
I’m loving my new routine. I have had to write the 5 words over and over again yet, so I’m happy for that.
I may write tomorrow, but I’m not certain as yet. Happy writing and enjoy your weekend.
Yes, it’s true I feel like Ren & Stimpy. Well really Stimpy, singing “Happy, happy, joy, joy!”
I was so fatigued this morning because of lack of sleep. I didn’t know if I would make it through my goal, but I did and it took me an extra half and hour to do so, but that’s ok. The point is I did it and more. 2205 words is what I added to my work in progress.
As promised I would share and excerpt if I did as good today as I did yesterday. It’s like a teaser really. Not too much, but enough to have you wondering what happened before and what comes next.
Excerpt from Chapter Five:
Raheem rolled over. He was disoriented when he first opened his eyes, not quite sure where he was. His tongue felt thick in his mouth, and the pounding his head made him feel extremely nauseated. Stretching his arms out, he slowly turned his head to the left when his hand landed on what felt like someone’s body. His mind was screaming no, as he saw the last person he wanted to see laying in his bed. Dawn!
Yesterday I felt short of the mark, but to day I put an extra toe across the goal line. LOL!
I haven’t been feeling well since Sunday, but I am alive, so I can’t complain. I went to bed last night not sure if I would be able to write today, but I got up, got the kids off to school and sat down in front of my laptop. First I made the necessary changes to two reviews I submitted yesterday and then I dove into my WIP.
I love when my characters take the lead and tell me where to go. The little guy in my progress meter signifies logical and calm. Those are things to remember while writing. If we take the fun out of writing it becomes stressful and more like work. I know it is work for some, but it shouldn’t feel that way especially if you are a talented writer.
I am not published, I don’t have an agent, and have no deadline. So any pressure I feel comes from me and me alone. So although I don’t feel that great health wise, I feel great accomplishment wise. I have gotten up for the past three days and have written the stories living in my head. I don’t know where these characters will take me, but as long as I am not breaking any laws I will go freely. If i keep this up I can be done with this story by the first week of September. I could be done by the end of this month if I write on the weekend as well. I may do an hour on Saturday on Sunday, but I’m not going to promise that. I am content with finishing the first week in September.
Tomorrow if I make my word count goal, I will post an excerpt. It will not be the beginning and definitely won’t be the end, since I haven’t written that as yet, but it will be something good.
Alright as you can tell I did not make my 2000 word goal in my two hours that I set for myself to write every morning. But I’m not sad about it at all. I got 1015. That is enough to be proud of.
Whoever said writing was easy lied. Because when you have others talking to you ask you write, are watching the clock so that your child won’t miss the school bus, or you get distracted by the television or the phone it’s really not any easier just sitting in the chair.
Tomorrow I will be back in the chair at it again. I will not give up. I want to see THE END written at the end of my manuscript. I love the way that feels to type those last six letters. I have one novel length manuscript already completed. I want to have more. So I know what I have to do. I need to keep on going.
Today is the first day in my routine that I’ve been talking about for a while now. In order to have people believing in what you are saying, especially if you say it often with no production, you have to get the action going.
My day started off kind of fishy. But I didn’t use the excuse that I couldn’t find my brown pair of glasses or that my throat has been hurting since yesterday, to stop me from typing today.
I wrote 1,079 words in an hour and a half instead of the two hours I have set aside for writing in order to complete several works in progress. Tomorrow I will use all two hours in an attempt to reach 2000 words. Yup thinking big again, but a 1000 words per hour shouldn’t be that hard for me. Right?
Now to tell you a little about my work in progress. I have been working on this story since last summer. My original word count goal was 50000. Unfortunately, after 30000 words, life got a little distracting, it’s called I went back to school and stopped writing it. However, I’ve written about 5-6 short stories since then. Ironic I guess. Anyway, my mother has been reading this story and loving it while hating one of my main characters. LOL! she really dislikes her. I won’t repeat the name she has called her.
But every time I start a story and she gets attached, I quit writing the story and she wants more. So I have decided to finish it and dedicate it to my mother. When it’s in print she will get the first autographed copy.
Quick Synopis: It’s titled Crossing Over. It’s about twins (boy and girl) whose mother died when they were 15 years old, on Mother’s Day, in church while Rachelle (the daughter) was singing her mother’s favorite song. Here it is 15 years later and she has still not completely gotten over the lost. She believes that she has to be the mother and protector of her father and twin Raheem. She starts to change once her father ask her for the best Christmas present ever…for her to sing again. In her reaching toward being able to give him this gift others around her, witnessing her transformation from hag to a stunning woman, realize they too have been holding back, standing on the opposite side of where they want to be in their life. Slowly but surely they all begin crossing over.
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A few weeks ago, I planned out what I would be doing as of Monday, August 3rd. It sure didn’t happen the way I planned. That’s ok though, it was for good reasons. My kids went away and came back with people. So I had house guest for 3 weeks. The last two, my sister and my 3 month old nephew, left this morning to go home.
Maybe if I was a wizard I could pull off everything I have to do with a sweep of a wand. Or maybe I could ride my broomstick to place where I could do what was on my schedule. Wishful thinking.
While my mother-in-law was here I was making her some of my beaded gems, and I had orders coming in that I was also taking care of. All the while getting my children ready for returning to school and being the taxicab driver to and from doctors’ appointments and other family members houses. Whew! Tiring!
I feel like this cat. LOL!
I’ve fallen behind in my reading, but my goal is to be caught up by the end of next week and churn out the reviews.
As for my writing, I will aim for five words a day. I know that sounds silly, because anyone can type or write 5 words a day. But all it takes is a commitment to something realistic that then inspires a writer to continue with their work in progress (WIP). I have quite a few WIPs going at one time, but that is to make sure that if I get stuck for some odd reason, I can go to another story and churn out my 5 word goal. 5 words for 5 days equals 25 words per week. Now I know that rate I will not get a story finished until I’m 40, but I’m being facetious witht he number of course.
Often times we set goals that are so farfetched that we give up before we give it a try. Remember when setting goals for yourself, make sure it’s something that is reachable. Don’t set yourself up for failure.
BTW: My daily 5 words if I get stuck will be: I will write every day.
