In today’s Journal
* Not a lot
* A decent-enough day
* The Numbers
Not a lot to talk about today. Dean posted Day 2 of his series “Writing a Novel in Half a Month,” but there were no gems, nothing spectacular.
I got this from Dave Farland in an email and thought I’d include it here in case anyone’s interested:
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I had a decent-enough day yesterday but I fell a little short of my daily goal. Too much thought-time. This is why I advocate creating a series bible and, if necessary, a spreadsheet that contains at least character names and descriptions. And I haven’t done that for this series yet, and I’m on Book 7 already. Sigh.
One thing I don’t like about writing in a series is the necessary back-checking you have to do to maintain consistency. It almost makes me want to kill off more characters just so I won’t have to go find their descriptions again when they appear in a new book.
And yes, even if you described a character in a previous book, you have to describe him or her again in the current book. It’s called grounding the reader.
Anyway, I’ll post this, then get back to the novel. Hope you have a good day.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “The Original Heinlein’s Rules” at https://harveystanbrough.com/pro-writers/the-original-heinliens-rules/.
See “Lupin, Then and Now…” at https://killzoneblog.com/2021/02/lupin-then-and-now.html.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 270 words
Writing of The Journey Home: Part 7 (novel)
Day 1…… 6065 words. Total words to date…… 6065
Day 2…… 3887 words. Total words to date…… 9952
Total fiction words for February……… 71754
Total fiction words for the year………… 169231
Total nonfiction words for February… 13480
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 38810
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 208041
Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 1
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 57
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 215
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31