May 14, 2009
Posted by Cherie | Posted in misc | Posted on 1 year, 2 months ago, in the late evening
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Here’s today’s progress on the battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatists, murderous plots, bushwackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:
Project: Dreadnought
New Words: 3187 (respectable!)
Present Total Word Count: 34,308 words
Goal: 100,000 words
Things Accomplished in Fiction: FINALLY finished the Scene That Wouldn’t End. It rocked. I’m just sayin’.
Things Accomplished in Real Life: Grocery shopping (Trader Joe’s, then Safeway), some cooking, some housework. Day-job stuff. Changed the cat box. The usual.
Reason for Stopping: Scene finally ended, and my goal of 2K/day has been well and truly surpassed (even if it took me until after 8:00 p.m. to do it). Time to settle in with a glass of wine and relax a smidge.
Way to go, Cherie!
I like your fancy progress graphic. Need to work me out something along those lines.
No pressure – if I’d averaged 2K a day throughout my career I’d've got some serious writing done – and 3000 words/day will wrap up your draft in 20 more days. Or get you to a 100K draft from a standing start in little more than a month.
Believe me, I really want to impress those facts on myself.
Plus, hurry the hell up. I want to read this one. Please?
Thanks, dude! And since this one’s due August 1, I feel like the pressure really *is* on.
BTW – the graphic comes from Writertopia.com
:)
Fascinating. Bravo! I hope to continue reading your work as you make further progress. Oh, and nice site design: it suits you (I haven’t been here before).
I wish I had your talents, but… if I came up with something on my own would you read it?
Hi there Paul, and thanks. But if you’ll check my “contact” page, I try to be direct and clear — I’m not allowed to read uncontracted stuff from other people, for legal reasons. But good luck to you.