In today’s Journal
* Quotes of the Day
* Writers’ Conferences
* Discoverability, how it happens
* Yesterday
* Today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Quotes of the Day
“Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered anyway.” Stephen King
“When an author discovers coherence for the first time, they will experience a place where words melt away, and the only thing that remains is a deep knowing and trust in how the story will take shape.” Hunter Liguore, SFWA
Note: As DWS has said many times, Stage 1 and 2 writers worry about words. More advanced writers know that Story, not words, is what matters.
See Nate Hoffelder’s newsletter. Two free writers’ conferences are online TODAY. For details, click https://preview.mailerlite.com/t3h6d7/1401451759636845917/j8u7/. If it can happen for them, it can happen for you. Just keep putting your work out there.
For an interesting article on Discoverability, see “They Started a Ned Flanders Metal Band. Then ‘The Simpsons’ Called” at https://getpocket.com/explore/item/they-started-a-ned-flanders-metal-band-then-the-simpsons-called.
Yesterday, because I rolled out early, I got to the novel at 2:30 a.m. Amazing. I hoped to get a lot done, but after the first several hours I took a break and did some things around the yard. Which is fine. No reason to rush.
I wound up getting about halfway through Chapter 29 for the day and added only the net numbers shown in Day 5 below.
Not sure why I broke down the numbers by session yesterday. Maybe because I’m cycling through the whole book. (grin)
Today, I rolled out at the more reasonable hour of 2 a.m. and finally got back to the story at 3:30.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “When Words Melt Away” at https://www.sfwa.org/2020/04/17/when-words-melt-away/ (via The Passive Voice).
See “15 Obscure Words for Everyday Feelings and Emotions” at https://getpocket.com/explore/item/15-obscure-words-for-everyday-feelings-and-emotions. I personally like “crapulence,” though I have a different definition.
See “Chatting with Retired Cop/Coroner Buddy, Garry Rodgers” at https://www.suecoletta.com/from-the-shadows-garry-rodgers/.
See “Fallout” at https://killzoneblog.com/2020/04/fallout.html.
The Numbers
Fiction words yesterday…………………… 630
Nonfiction words today…………… 340 (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
Day 3…… 3275 words. Total words to date…… 81964
Day 4…… 1807 words. Total words to date…… 83771
Day 5…… 0630 words. Total words to date…… 84401
Total fiction words for the month……… 32794
Total fiction words for the year………… 240776
Total nonfiction words for the month… 13710
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 94860
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 335636
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