In today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* Today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Quote of the Day
“Have you ever blown an entire morning noodling with a single paragraph or, worse, a solitary sentence? Resistance has outfoxed you. You have hung up an entire battalion trying to capture an outhouse.” Steven Pressfield
Had a good writing day today. This is a really twisted novel, but the disparate parts are starting to come together.
Folks, this is the truly great thrill of writing into the dark: to just write the next sentence and let the story unfold as it will, trusting that all the seemingly irreconcilable pieces of the puzzle will come together when they’re supposed to. And then they do! What great fun!
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “The year art censorship came back in style” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/the-year-art-censorship-came-back-in-style/.
See “Why North Carolina Is the Most Linguistically Diverse U.S. State” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/why-north-carolina-is-the-most-linguistically-diverse-u-s-state/.
For a great writing tips newsletter from David Farland, see “Boosting Your Prose” at https://mystorydoctor.com/boosting-your-prose/. I first saw this in his free newsletter, which (again) I recommend.
For a special offer from Steven Pressfield, see “The Black Irish JABS – Season 2” at https://blackirishbooks.com/jabs2.
See “What’s that word I’m looking for?” at https://prowriterswriting.com/whats-that-word-im-looking-for/.
For fun, see “Zipper Rescues and the Importance of Communication” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/12/my-7th-grade-venereal-disease-and-the-importance-of-communication.html. Men, be warned, this article might make you shudder. (grin)
The Numbers
Fiction words today…………………… 4102
Nonfiction words today…………… 230 (Journal)
Writing of Jonah Peach (tentative title)
Brought forward…… 4416 words
Day 10… 1490 words. Total words to date…… 25649
Day 11… 1544 words. Total words to date…… 27193
Day 12… 1554 words. Total words to date…… 28747
Day 13… 4102 words. Total words to date…… 32849
Total fiction words for the month……… 30284
Total fiction words for the year………… 427849
Total nonfiction words for the month… 11480
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 314740
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 742589
Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date…………………… 10
Calendar Year 2019 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date… 4
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)……………………………………
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 197
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31