Nov 6, 2024
But none of them worth sharing right now. Like a lot of people I’m not sure how it happened again and am trying to remind myself I’m not American and had no control over this.
I am sure that Britain will roll out the red carpet, we’re already seeing it. What I wonder is where we draw the line? At what point do we say this has gone too far? I understand that there is politics involved, but presumably there is a line he could cross where our politicians will say ‘enough.’ Or maybe there isn’t and we will just go along with whatever he wants. Unfortunately that seems the more likely scenario.
The writing happened in between frantically checking the news. Let’s all hope the next four years aren’t as bad as we fear.
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Pre-Production
Stories planned (total): 22
Production
Words written today: 1,045
Words written total: 41,215
Plus / Minus target: +3,215
Currently writing: The Lottery
Post-Production
Minutes today: 22
Minutes total: 140
Plus / Minus target: +20
Currently publishing: Sisterhood
Nov 5, 2024
Tuesdays are usually the busiest day of the week for me, but I have managed to get everything I wanted done, on top of all the other stuff, so I am pretty pleased about that. Hopefully that can continue for the other 51 Tuesdays I will be running this challenge.
I’m not actually feeling great this evening, I’ve got a headache and generally not well so this isn’t going to be a long post. Hopefully I will be feeling up to writing more tomorrow.
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Pre-Production
Stories planned (total): 21
Production
Words written today: 1,054
Words written total: 40,170
Plus / Minus target: +3,170
Currently writing: The Lottery
Post-Production
Minutes today: 21
Minutes total: 118
Plus / Minus target: +18
Currently publishing: Sisterhood
Nov 4, 2024
One of the reasons that aiming for a small amount of work each day is effective for me, is that it’s hard to say I can’t find the time. A single story idea, a thousand words, twenty-minutes of editing, a short blog post. None of it seems like a lot, but doing it every day adds up.
Today I had Oscar’s friend over from school and if I’d had a lot of editing to do, I might not have done any. The excuse that I couldn’t make the time would be right there. But twenty-minutes isn’t much time, so I did it.
In a single day, twenty-minutes doesn’t look like much, because it isn’t. But that’s ten hours a month, 120 hours a year. That’s more than I think I would manage if I was aiming for 40 minutes a day or something.
I think the key is that it’s easy to do, and difficult to make excuses not to do. If I can’t find 20 minutes to do some editing then I would have to question how committed I am to all this.
The writing is continuing to go well. I haven’t hit the pit of frustration yet, so I’m probably still quite early in the story, but I’ll get there. This is story number four and I’m beginning to see patterns in things.
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Pre-Production
Stories planned (total): 20
Production
Words written today: 1,040
Words written total: 39,116
Plus / Minus target: +3,116
Currently writing: The Lottery
Post-Production
Minutes today: 24
Minutes total: 97
Plus / Minus target: +17
Currently publishing: Sisterhood
Nov 3, 2024
It’s not the end of the process, but this morning I finished my first read through of Sisterhood. Tomorrow I will move onto a pass using Pro Writing Aid.
The writing on The Lottery is going well, although I think it is going to be another long one. Possibly the longest so far, based on the number of words I’ve already written, and where I am in the story. I’m enjoying it though.
We were out for most of today, at my nephews birthday party. They played laser tag and we sang karaoke. It was a fun day.
Tomorrow Oscar goes back to school, and Tamzin goes back to work, so I’m going to lose some time in the mornings. I think I will still be able to manage everything though.
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Pre-Production
Stories planned (total): 19
Production
Words written today: 1,066
Words written total: 38,076
Plus / Minus target: +3,076
Currently writing: The Lottery
Post-Production
Minutes today: 23
Minutes total: 73
Plus / Minus target: +13
Currently publishing: Sisterhood
Nov 2, 2024
A good morning of work. I managed to get myself three days ahead on the writing side, and am half a day ahead on editing already. I think that’s a pretty good way to start the weekend.
It’s going to be interesting to find out if I can actually edit every day next week. Tuesdays are the busiest day of the week for me and I have got it into my head that I can’t even find twenty-minutes to do a bit of work. Logically, that’s probably not true, but it might mean that I have to edit on my phone, or grab some time first thing in the morning after I’ve done my writing.
Twenty-minutes doesn’t sound like a lot, but over the course of a year, it’s going to add up to over 120 hours, which is a much better figure. And if I find that I can easily edit this amount, there’s nothing to stop me doing more.
I have to accept that editing is the thing most likely to be disrupted by Christmas and other things. So far I haven’t had to use any of the lead I’ve built up but it’s only a matter of time before that changes. I went into this knowing it would happen, but I think it will still feel a bit like a failure when it does.
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Pre-Production
Stories planned (total): 18
Production
Words written today: 1,019
Words written total: 37,010
Plus / Minus target: +3,010
Currently writing: The Lottery
Post-Production
Minutes today: 24
Minutes total: 50
Plus / Minus target: +10
Currently publishing: Sisterhood
