James Wilson's Blog - Posts Tagged "writing-strategy"
My nifty plan
For many years I had the goal of writing 1,000 words per day, and I failed very many times. In June of 2013 I decided instead I would try to write 10,000 words per week, upping the ante a bit while not worrying about the daily amounts.
I've written at least 10,000 words every week since.
Sometimes I barely write anything for much of the week, and have to rush to make it up at the end. I say to myself, 'well, here's your big chance to goof up a record of X weeks!' And somehow I get it done. It's been 65 weeks, and I'm in another bad week. Today felt like it lasted at least a five or six, and it's only going to get worse tomorrow. My day job is sometimes like that, though thankfully not too often. Any one of us goes on vacation it make life SO exciting for the rest. Now if only a few hundred thousand people would buy my books I could quit the day job and finish some of my almost complete novels.
There are a lot of them, I'm afraid. The way I manage to get 10,000 words a week is by just dodging around writer's block. I get stuck on one story I switch to another. If I can't get anywhere on any of the novels already underway, I work on the background information for my Sundered Spheres pocket universe where most of my novels take place. And if that doesn't work...I blog. Or write essays. Or something, anything, to get that tally filled. Even poetry, though that doesn't really add a lot of words. It keeps the mind moving the right direction, though, so it's still worth it.
So I'm going into Friday this week with only 1,500 words. Not good.
It's my big chance to fail. Somehow or other, I think I'll manage to get it done. I really really REALLY don't want this to be the week I break the streak.
66 weeks. 66 weeks. Gonna make it!
I've written at least 10,000 words every week since.
Sometimes I barely write anything for much of the week, and have to rush to make it up at the end. I say to myself, 'well, here's your big chance to goof up a record of X weeks!' And somehow I get it done. It's been 65 weeks, and I'm in another bad week. Today felt like it lasted at least a five or six, and it's only going to get worse tomorrow. My day job is sometimes like that, though thankfully not too often. Any one of us goes on vacation it make life SO exciting for the rest. Now if only a few hundred thousand people would buy my books I could quit the day job and finish some of my almost complete novels.
There are a lot of them, I'm afraid. The way I manage to get 10,000 words a week is by just dodging around writer's block. I get stuck on one story I switch to another. If I can't get anywhere on any of the novels already underway, I work on the background information for my Sundered Spheres pocket universe where most of my novels take place. And if that doesn't work...I blog. Or write essays. Or something, anything, to get that tally filled. Even poetry, though that doesn't really add a lot of words. It keeps the mind moving the right direction, though, so it's still worth it.
So I'm going into Friday this week with only 1,500 words. Not good.
It's my big chance to fail. Somehow or other, I think I'll manage to get it done. I really really REALLY don't want this to be the week I break the streak.
66 weeks. 66 weeks. Gonna make it!
