The Journal, Tuesday, March 6

Hey Folks,

It’s so cool to be able to see your own process evolving.

Looking back over some of my Journal entries, I notice I used to mostly fritter away a lot of the morning and did most of my writing in the afternoon. Mostly under pressure to get my word count done back when I had a daily goal.

But for the past while, I’ve started writing within an hour or so after I get out of bed. Of course, it helps having something to write (grin), especially when it’s flowing as well as my current WIP is flowing.

As I write this, it’s almost 11 a.m. and I already have over 3000 new words on the story. Much of the rest of the morning I spent revising my reverse outline, even moving a chapter or two to places where they fit the timeline better.

I think I’m kind of getting into a “get your writing done early and everything else is gravy” kind of routine. Whatever it is, I like it.

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Well, I ran out of steam at around 2:45.

See you tomorrow.

Of Interest

See “Fell Asleep” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/fell-asleep/.

Fiction Words: 4256
Nonfiction Words: 200 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 4456

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
Day 4…… 4054 words. Total words to date…… 21878
Day 5…… 2250 words. Total words to date…… 24128
Day 6…… 1373 words. Total words to date…… 25501
Day 7…… 3983 words. Total words to date…… 29484
Day 8…… 4256 words. Total words to date…… 33740

Total fiction words for the month……… 17776
Total fiction words for the year………… 69081
Total nonfiction words for the month… 1650
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 20980
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 96431

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