Hey Folks,
I realized early this morning I hadn’t created a reverse outline for my WIP yet. So I started the day by doing that.
For those who don’t know, a reverse outline is a reference tool. When I finish a chapter, I write a few notes about it (which characters are included, POV, what happens, any significant descriptions, etc.) on the reverse outline.
Later in the WIP, if I need to find something quickly, I can just glance at my reverse outline instead of searching endlessly through the WIP for the information. It saves a lot of time and confusion.
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Had a great first session this morning with right at 1000 words.
While I was reaching back to my second previous novel, Loose Ends, to find a name that carries over into this one, I realized there was a major error in it. I’d changed the protagonist’s last name from Talbot to Richards. However, I hadn’t made the change throughout the manuscript.
For various reasons, it was easier and quicker to change the name back to Talbot. So I did that with a click of the mouse. Now I’ll resubmit that manuscript to my distributors.
While I’m at it, I decided to redo the cover too. I wasn’t pleased with the cover in the first place, so this is the perfect opportunity to fix that.
I messed up a couple of the equations on my production spreadsheet too, so the figures below are corrected now.
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Well, a somewhat stunted writing day, but I’m happy with it.
See you tomorrow.
Of Interest
I urge you to read “Measuring Fair Use: The Four Factors” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2018/02/measuring-fair-use-the-four-factors/. The Passive Guy cuts through a lot of gobbledygook.
Fiction Words: 1860
Nonfiction Words: 290 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 2150
Writing of Pulp 6 (working title)
Brought forward…… 11,008 words
Day 1…… 2008 words. Total words to date…… 13016
Day 2…… 2948 words. Total words to date…… 15964
Day 3…… 1860 words. Total words to date…… 17824
Total fiction words for the month……… 1860
Total fiction words for the year………… 531655
Total nonfiction words for the month… 290
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 19910
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 78945
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 1
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 28
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182