In today’s Journal
* Quotes of the Day
* You can join Kevin Tumlinson
* Yesterday
* Today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Quotes of the Day
“Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.” Natalie Goldberg
“Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Stephen King
I learned in an email, you can join Kevin Tumlinson and Michael Bunker LIVE for Episode 3 of The Kevin Show, coming up on Wednesday, 15 April at 2 PM Central at either Facebook at https://bit.ly/kevshow3FB or on YouTube at https://bit.ly/kevshow3YT.
From the email: “Again, these aren’t anything serious. They aren’t even directly related to my books (or Michaels). They’re just a way for all of us to spend a little time together doing something other than fretting about the pandemic or whatever else may be troubling us.”
Yesterday was a good day of writing (see Day 2 below), but I still haven’t started cycling through the whole novel yet. I did write a few new chapters though. (grin)
Today, I expect to write the final chapter of the novel. That isn’t to say I won’t write more new chapters that will fill in the other perspective (human or alien) between current chapters. But soon the thing will be finished and I’ll begin cycling through the entire story.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “The Danger of Intimate Algorithms” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/the-danger-of-intimate-algorithms/. Maybe story ideas.
See “Don’t let your characters get out of whack” at https://prowriterswriting.com/dont-let-your-characters-get-out-of-whack.
See “What Is an Epilogue? 3 Steps to Writing a Good One” at https://jerryjenkins.com/what-is-an-epilogue/.
See “Book Writing Software…” at https://jerryjenkins.com/book-writing-software/.
See “7 Daily Writing Exercises…” at https://jerryjenkins.com/writing-exercises/.
See “7 Story Structures Any Writer Can Use” at https://jerryjenkins.com/story-structures/. Read and learn with the conscious mind; apply with the subconscious mind.
See “WRITING BUNDLES Kickstarter” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/writing-bundles-kickstarter/.
The Numbers
Fiction words yesterday…………………… 3948
Nonfiction words today…………… 320 (Journal)
Writing of For the Good of the Galaxy (novel)
Words brought forward…………………………………………………… 72304
Day 1…… 2437 words. Total words to date…… 74741
Day 2…… 3948 words. Total words to date…… 78689
Total fiction words for the month……… 27082
Total fiction words for the year………… 235064
Total nonfiction words for the month… 11870
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 93020
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 328084
Calendar Year 2020 Novels to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2020 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2020 Short Stories to Date… 12
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 48
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 208
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31