Tried something new (old) tonight

I didn't write for the current project tonight. Instead, I returned to a short piece that I had been noodling on for several months and added three pages to it. I'm pleased with how easily I picked up the thread of the narrative and added more to it. I think the task of daily pages is making the words come along a little easier, like my brain is ready to get to the task each day. This was my seventh day, which means I've created 21 pages of fiction that didn't exist in the world before I started this project. If I could write on just one project, 100 days would yield 300 manuscript pages, which is an entire novel. The problem with making this project into in a novel is that I suck utterly at plotting and outlining. I wish there was a book that discussed methods for improving this vital skill for authors.

More late words...

...but they're done. Take that, inertia!

Five Days in a Row!

I keep getting my words in JUST under the wire, which is okay, I guess, so long as the words are happening. I'm a little concerned that every night I get a little closer to the midnight cutoff. I find the story taking shape, but the three pages a time makes it feel choppy, in my head. I'm not sure what I could do to smooth that out now, given how the writing is coming about, but I am constantly mulling over how I might change what I'm doing. Tonight clocked in at just over 800 words. I've done 15 pages since I started. Wonder if any of them are readable?

Three in a row!

I think it might be getting easier as each day passes. Tomorrow will be a real test, as I try to find time for all my daily goals on a day that I open at work. I can do this.

Words like stones today

Kidney stones. I had the whole day to sit down and do my writing, but it was another late night session. I just finished my words for the day, including an annoying and lengthy pause in my flow while I moved late night laundry. I am not sure if what I have been eking out is interesting at all to anyone but me. I know I'm not supposed to be thinking or caring about that right now, but I find I can't help it. Maybe I'll work up the nerve to show it to someone once I have a coherent arc roughed out.

Day One!

Covered with hives and after a long day at work, I sat down at the laptop to make with the words. I did it. :)

Back from the War

...I mean, the BAR. Tomorrow is Day One of my Hundred Day Challenge. I'll be working, initially at least, on a set of episodic stories based on a dream I had. If this yields results I like, I will post some excerpts here. What matters most in this exercise is daily pages and the habit of writing. I'm pretty excited to start!