The Journal: Off for a Few Days

In today’s Journal

* Thanks
* Off for a Few Days
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

First, thanks to Kelley for her amazing, candid comment on yesterday’s post. What a ringing endorsement of WITD! And congratulations to Kelley for her ability to set aside her fears and go for it. Bravo!

Second, I’m writing this on Sunday evening. Cox internet, in their infinite wisdom, refused to believe my modem was going out despite me telling them over the past couple of months. Tonight, it went out permanently and we won’t get a replacement until sometime this week.

So if you don’t hear from me for a few days, that’s what’s going on. Tonight I’m jumping on my WiFi hotspot (data, don’tcha know) to send this. When I get back, hopefully I won’t still be in the mood to chew wheels and spit nails.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

Nada

The Numbers

The Journal…………………………………… 170 words

Writing of Terra 2 (novel)

Day 1…… 3535 words. Total words to date…… 3535
Day 2…… 4660 words. Total words to date…… 8195
Day 3…… 3739 words. Total words to date…… 11934
Day 4…… 3638 words. Total words to date…… 15572

Total fiction words for April……… 15572
Total fiction words for the year………… 302649
Total nonfiction words for April… 3310
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 70710
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 373359

Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 6
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 3
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 60
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 217
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31

Disclaimer: In this blog, I provide advice on writing fiction. I advocate a technique called Writing Into the Dark. To be crystal clear, WITD is not “the only way” to write, nor will I ever say it is. However, as I am the only writer who advocates WITD both publicly and regularly, I will continue to do so, among myriad other topics.

2 thoughts on “The Journal: Off for a Few Days”

  1. Thanks for the shoutout! I hit the keys yesterday. Turns out I already had almost 10k words on the WITD attempt, and, and this is the best part, I loved it!

    My analytical mind could never have been that creative.

    So I ran through it and added a few words here and there and just enjoyed the story and now to keep playing!

    Something that really stuck out to me that you said in the past was about how presumptuous it is to pretend we’ll know what people will like. That helped me mentally a TON!

    Thanks again!

    • Thanks, Kelley. And the thing is, other people aren’t with our original voice 24/7, so even if it’s boring to us, it’s brand new and unique to them.

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