Wordcount for the day, plus writing thoughts

[scarlettina]

18,346 / 95,000 (19.3%)

I feel like I'm pushing through necessary material right now; not enjoying it so much as setting up the playing board for what's to come next. It feels mechanical, but I'm doing the work.

I also find myself wanting to write something short (be nice to start and finish something in a briefer period of time) but I'm short on ideas, and I'm beginning to feel like my short fiction is the same thing over and over again. Started reading Year's Best Fantasy 6 last night with the idea that I'd try to get into the habit of reading one short story a day; God knows I've got enough anthologies in the house to last me for a year at least if not more. This exercise comes under the heading of "How I Learn More About My Craft." I haven't been reading short fiction much lately, but it always helps me gear up writing same so . . . that's what I'm doing.

I must organize my time better. Yesterday was nearly perfect. I did my writing and my reading first thing. Today, things like groceries and eBay work got in the way, and then social obligations stepped in so my work was rushed. Must do better. Tomorrow I'll try to imitate yesterday.

Comments

[ironymaiden]

missed you at lunch today.

[lagilman]

Oh yeah. The mantra is: Work first. Then play (or secondary work). It's the toughest thing to learn when you're self-employed. The boss has to be a harder bitch/bastard than anyone you'd ever put up with in a traditional job.

But when you get it all done, and there's still day left? Priceless. :-)

[erdnase2000.livejournal.com]

...and I'm beginning to feel like my short fiction is the same thing over and over again.

Yeah, it would be a bugger if everything you wrote started placing in the WOTF finals. :)

Seriously, though... I've actually been thinking I'm going to take a step back from the long stuff for a while and finish a few short pieces that have been floating around my hard disk in different degrees of partial finishedness -- so I know where you're coming from.

[exiledfromtribe.livejournal.com]

Eh. I'm jealous. Sounds like your're living life how it's meant to be lived. EBAY? Buying or selling?

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Selling. It's part of the househgold purge I've been writing about here occasionally. Just trying to clear away some of the detritus so I can rearrange the household and lighten the clutter load.