Project Write Faster - or in my case Project Just Write Already

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As I've mentioned in several earlier posts that I've found it incredibly difficult to summon the energy at night to write. Work is amazing and interesting and fun, I love it but WOW, busy? Very. LOL. And it takes a toll on me physically - in the evenings, my poor arms/hands/shoulders even are often very sore from typing all day (the other day hit 5k or so)! WHINE MOAR. I am so very glad to have this job! Okay that is a given. LOL. But...

Then, I stumbled, in a very roundabout way, on this post by Holly Black: Holly Post

In the post she talks about another post by another author, Rachel Aaron, on her method for writing 10k a day. Yes, a DAY. Here's that post: "How I Went From Writing 2,000 Words a Day to 10,000 Words a Day."

What a fascinating method. It makes a lot of sense. I know when I am in the swing of writing, I do tend to fantasize ahead of time what I'm writing next, and the writing goes exceptionally-well then usually. But, it isn't something I've thought purposefully about doing, with a set plan, until now.

Though my goal is not to write 10k a day (my arms would fall off anyway!) I do have a goal of writing consistently, so am going to give this a go. An experiment, to see how it works out for me. I'm in-between projects at the moment, with plans to expand the science fiction (and have figured out two epubs I plan to target for) but I don't have any of it really figured out. For this, I don't want to pants-it. So, I glanced warily over my shoulder, at the one project that I do have outlined wonderfully and would be ideal for this experiment, my ever-patient dear fantasy that I have been planning on getting around to sometime. As I've already got it broken down by POV, so figuring out each scene should be a breeze. Yeaahh...

My goal is to start out with getting two scenes a work-week, two on weekends. What I hope happens is after devoting the next two weeks to this experiment that I'll be so happy with what I have that I simply decide to keep on going.

So, giving it a shot, and will be watching to see how Holly Black and her fellow experimenters do with their own experiments. :)

At this point, any writing will be an improvement!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the link about the writing triangle. I find it a little mind boggling to consistently get 10k a day, given the current slow state of writing I'm in right now. But in the past I have hit that every once in awhile

The planning ahead what you're going to write is a good idea - that works for me when I actually bother to do it. But I feel like, even with that, some stories just don't want to be dictated like that and still take rewriting and rethinking. But those are my current issues.

I hope the experimentation works for you! Let us know how it goes.

[moonie]

Good luck! <3

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

I wish you good luck and success! Let us know how it goes, all right?

The method looks simple and I think I'm going to try out the triangle in July when I will start writing again for real.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

The thought of hitting 10,000 words a day is a bit boggling and despite her protestations that quality doesn't suffer, I have serious doubts. Though having said that, she's probably just aiming for clear, almost invisible prose rather than anything more literary.

However, her pre-planning is the way I've always written, so I go along with that part of what she says. I've always had to fit writing around other things, so I've always wanted to spend my writing time writing rather than thinking up what happens next. In fact it seems odd to see the way I've worked for over 40 years suggested as some kind of wonderful new idea. :)

[mightypretty.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a great plan. When you stop to think about it, it makes total sense. I hope it works out for you love! Let us know how it goes :D