The cold, hard, written numbers

2009-05-30T21:39:00.001+10:00

387

2008-10-05T22:39:00.001+11:00

704

2008-08-21T22:30:00.001+10:00

257

2008-07-15T22:43:00.001+10:00

272

2008-02-22T01:06:00.000+11:00

294

2008-02-21T00:30:00.000+11:00

895

2008-02-20T00:32:00.000+11:00

285

2008-02-20T00:29:00.000+11:00

285

2008-02-18T00:29:00.000+11:00

1250

2008-01-04T00:10:00.001+11:00

1231

2007-12-23T02:04:00.000+11:00

608

2007-11-04T01:01:00.001+11:00

372

2007-10-14T23:24:00.000+10:00

164 (and lots of editing)

2007-08-27T00:58:00.000+10:00

262

2007-06-04T23:00:00.000+10:00

286

2007-05-29T22:24:00.001+10:00

2007-05-24T22:46:00.001+10:00

1227

2007-05-23T22:40:00.000+10:00

1761
Looking like a good week, so far.

2007-05-23T00:01:00.001+10:00

1863
Typing up weekend travelling goodness

2007-05-21T22:18:00.000+10:00

552

2007-05-12T22:37:00.001+10:00

0
The streak endeth with a colicy baby adn a dinner party.

2007-05-11T23:07:00.001+10:00

492

2007-05-10T22:59:00.000+10:00

333
5 days in a row!

2007-05-09T23:26:00.001+10:00

500

2007-05-08T22:01:00.000+10:00

376

2007-05-08T00:22:00.000+10:00

450

2007-05-06T21:58:00.001+10:00

349

2007-04-24T22:08:00.000+10:00

240
I'm hopeful for the coming weeks.

Hiatus

2007-04-14T18:59:00.000+10:00

The reason is here.

Don't worry, Joey, I can do the last 60 pages before May 31. Somehow. Dunno when.

2007-04-10T21:59:00.000+10:00

409
I wrote the final scene last night- couldn't sleep. I like having the last scene down- I know where I'm going.

I also did some calculations and spreadsheet tweaking, but no science actual writing- calcs got derailed when I realized I left some key numbers at work.

2007-04-09T23:01:00.001+10:00

221 rough plotting, but I may have found a path to get from the middle to the end.

2007-04-09T00:06:00.001+10:00

317.
vomit draft respewed.

2007-04-03T00:18:00.000+10:00

875 new, plus lots of tweaking.
first rehash of vomit draft. decent characterization improvement, better suspense and pacing...

2007-03-29T23:06:00.001+10:00

about 100, lots of numbercrunching.

2007-03-28T00:06:00.000+10:00

~150 of a paper.
Wasted way too much time on the web today.

2007-03-24T01:26:00.000+11:00

1259.
And that is the end of act 2 (of 4).
pure vomit, still needs stitching together.
Need more outline.

2007-03-22T23:11:00.000+11:00

383. Almost done the flashbacks, just need the voiceover.

2007-03-21T23:16:00.001+11:00

205

2007-03-20T22:37:00.000+11:00

558.
science and screen
even did a super anal timekeeping log to see where my time actually went:
20-3-07
computer use log:
~5:30
turn on comp. start music. Do house work
~6:15 start final draft, go looking for notebook.
6:20 start typing up corrections/edits/expansions for CC
7:15 start dinner.
8:03 internet
8:15 dinner
8:35 internet
8:50 no more internet- dishes and hangout with Ann time
9:40 back
10:10 done cc, start paper revisions
10:35 done paper- bedtime

2007-03-20T00:25:00.001+11:00

1432
long weekends rule.

2007-03-18T23:05:00.000+11:00

Only 303 for the week, but a lot of handwriting in the notbook, so hopefully I'll have some numbers for next week.

2007-03-15T22:44:00.001+11:00

No words typed up today, but I index carded the first half of act 2, so I'm pretty happy about that.

2007-03-12T23:43:00.001+11:00

303.
finished the "no sex since tenth grade" scene.

2007-03-12T00:01:00.001+11:00

127

For week: 1477

2007-03-08T22:42:00.001+11:00

557

2007-03-08T06:47:00.001+11:00

159 (and some number crunching)

2007-03-07T18:56:00.001+11:00

634 - science stuff

2007-03-04T23:37:00.000+11:00

158. rough draft of scene.

2007-03-02T00:08:00.000+11:00

675.
Got most of the seduction scene done.

2007-02-12T20:28:00.000+11:00

229

2007-02-11T22:51:00.001+11:00

252

2007-02-09T23:23:00.001+11:00

184

2007-02-03T17:17:00.000+11:00

Finished draft of the paper reply: 1722. I realize I'm like a week behind, but science is hard.

2007-01-23T00:21:00.001+11:00

no words, but I did put a figure together. Does that count as 1000?

Week 3

2007-01-22T06:17:00.000+11:00

1364 (Disappointing, but I went comet spotting Sunday night instead of writing up the weekend notebook dabblings).

Wednesday

2007-01-18T01:32:00.001+11:00

606

tuesday word count

2007-01-16T22:35:00.001+11:00

500

monday word count

2007-01-15T21:48:00.001+11:00

258.

07 plan

2007-01-14T21:41:00.000+11:00

Here's the deal. I don't write well, or efficiently. Just about any career path from where I am right now requires me to do so. So, I need a praactical way to get myself into shape.

Last year, blogging probably helped, but it got to the point where it started surplanting worthwhile writing. So this year, I have a plan. Not too amitious, so it should be achievable.

The aim is 2000 words per week. Doesn't matter what, as long as it is a paper medium designed for public consumption. If it works, then I will have written 100k by the end of the year.

So far, though, all I have is this:
week 1: 0
week 2: 2291

50 weeks to go.

2007-01-14T15:14:00.000+11:00

Well, as I'm sure y'all can figure, nanowrimo was a miserable failure. So, instead of jumping on an overly ambitious bandwagon, I'm going to have to find a better way of making myself write. more coming soon.

2006-11-12T22:40:00.001+11:00

1709

2006-11-08T23:38:00.001+11:00

166

2006-11-06T23:12:00.001+11:00

266 - I think I need a new approach- I keep outrunning my meagre outlines...

2006-11-05T22:27:00.000+11:00

861 (sunday, backdated entry)

2006-11-04T23:42:00.000+11:00

606- need to determine a weekend routine.

2006-11-03T23:49:00.000+11:00

2076- not bad for a long workday and no lunch break. Still need to cover yesterday's failure, though...

2006-11-02T22:41:00.000+11:00

379- don't ask. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better suited- no lunch or late afternoon opportunity today.

Nanowrimo

2006-11-01T23:39:00.000+11:00

The purpose of the Nanowrimo contest is to write a novel. In a month. This is my writing progress blog.

My daily goal is 2000 words.

The mean word count I need to maintain is 1667 words.

Today I banged out only 1707.