tfw you have fully actualized personalities in mind for all your characters
except the main one

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tfw you have fully actualized personalities in mind for all your characters
except the main one
doing some high level worldbuilding today
what are the pillars of this universe i’m creating?
Today’s realization: I have so much story content I want to include in this novel, I need to increase my target word count. But it’s okay cause I was lowballing myself for the sake of time. If I relax my time table, I can increase the word target by as much as a third and hopefully have room for all the content.
I expect this to evolve.
An issue with my anxiety medicine of late has made it extremely difficult to, well, function, let alone maintain a consistent creative process.
That plus the fact that I reached my first major plot point, extrapolated my word count, and realized I was only producing half the output I needed to hit my target.
Talk about a motivation killer.
So I went back to the drawing board.
Then I started a new drawing board for a different story.
Then I went back to the first drawing board, because I have to tell this story. It’s discouraging to repeatedly hear how rarely a first novel is brought to publication, but this is sort of the series of novels that is the foundation for all the others. I have to start here. It might require a hell of a lot of world building, retooling, editing, and raw words, but I have to make this the point I springboard off of.
Anyway, I’m testing out the Snowflake method (again) while I sort out my brain chemistry. We’ll see if it holds, but so far I’m enjoying having clear cut tasks without the pressure of a daily word count. I’m starting to realize that I’m probably not gonna hit my time target, but I’m okay with that as long as I continue to hammer away at the process.
the planning phase I’m in has been fucking wonderful honestly
i am one of those who gets more and more ideas the more i write and doing the outline has really helped me fill in some gaps and shore up some weak spots
for the first time in years i finally feel like i have a totally cohesive story from start to finish
it’s nowhere near good enough but it’s just such a relief to have a solid foundation
doing my character sketches and oh my god I just love them all so much
taking a break from pantsing it to do some planning
i personally like planning and yet i always forget to do it whenever i start a project in my excitement to get started
no concrete words today but i’ve filled in some plot holes and started better defining my protagonist.
im feeling good basically
daily check in everyone! i had a ton of energy today both professionally and creatively. i spent a lot of downtime at work doing prep on a second project that i’d like to tackle once i’ve proved to myself i can finish the first one.
the second project actually makes sense as a first release/something to start building my brand with, but i know better than to switch whilst in the middle of one already. that has been a momentum killer for me before. maybe i’ll tackle it for NaNo, depending on my progress.
i truly do love it when i hear Professional Authors™ talk candidly about how writing is work, and it’s hard, and sometimes sitting down to pound out some words can feel like the last thing you want to do that day
because, god if that’s not real then i don’t know what is.
i want to be a creative professional but oh my god there is nothing i want to do less right now then try and force words out but i have to because i know how important it is to habit form and, more importantly, not give up
my strongest day yet. hit project total of 5000 words. not impressive but i’m happy with it. hoping to build on the momentum i had today to up my daily wordcounts.
tomorrow i’m attending a lecture about crafting plot, i’m really looking forward to it.
good writing everyone!
TIL i’m really bad at dialog
i managed to finish the first chapter today (!!)
i also solved a pacing problem whilst commuting home
and i learned an excellent piece of writing advice: when you’re ready to stop, stop while you have creative energy left. stop in a place where you still have inspiration. that way when you’re ready to pick up again you don’t have to search for motivation to write the next part. you just continue where you left off and let the energy build up again.
it’s been a good day
i can write 300 words in 25 minutes when i’m motivated.
why must motivation be so fickle
i’ve only managed two sentences in two days but i finally got over that block. hoping to make up some ground tomorrow.
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lacking in motivation today
How do you track your word counts?
I’ve made up some tables inside my Scrivener project to help me tally my wordcounts. So far I’m tracking daily counts, weekly totals based on those counts, and the average. In another table I’ve got total days spent writing (4/4 so far), current count of the entire document, and that average.
Does anyone else track counts? I’ve been wondering if I should also start timing myself to see how productive my time is, but I almost feel that’s 1) a little too meta, and 2) would depress me.
Trying to take a tough, tough day and turn it into motivation to get this story done. I want so badly to do something I love every day. I want to be a creative professional so, so badly. I feel like the dream is attainable, but I know I have to grind through this first milestone to get there and its just so... wearying.