Writing Reflections - A Round Of Words In 80 Days - check in 2

I'm going to check in now before I tackle todays word count goal. I'm behind and want to get a few things cleared out the way first to leave the rest of the day free.

Daily word count goal 375
Thursday: 408
Friday: 122
Saturday: 47

Target for today (sunday) to get me back on track: 880

I was pretty tired by the time Friday night rolled round and Saturday I got sidetracked with website stuff. Overall on Shroud Of Death I'm up to chapter 2. For the most part, I'm sticking to my rough outline and know that I will probably have to restructure the whole plot once the 1st draft is complete. I'm debating whether or not to take the ipad and my folder into work to keep on top of this during my lunch break instead of constantly cramming everything in to my evenings.

Website Updates - New pages added

I have just archived the following content from my blog to the website:

Book Reviews
Writing Reflections
Tantalising Teasers

I hope this will make it easier for people to find old blog posts of interest once those posts fall off the main page. Feel free to report any broken links or other problems with the new pages.

Also, I have updated my 2011 reading list with 2 new titles.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend

The Friday 56 - The Man In The Picture by Susan Hill

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.

It's that simple.


I'm back with the first Friday 56 of 2011. This week we have a selection from Susan Hill's The Man In The Picture.


The teaser line is:


I gave up, put my head back against the cold seat leather and waited, without saying anymore, for the end of our journey.


Did you miss the last Friday 56 of 2010?

Writing Reflections - A Round Of Words In 80 Days - check in

I'm on the 3rd day of this challenge and meeting my daily target of 375 words.

Todays word count : 390
Daily word count goal: 375

The characters are starting to write their own back stories and telling me what their purpose in the story is. Although, I did struggle to sit down and write today.

Writing Reflections - A Round Of Words In 80 Days - Day 2

Still on target.

Todays word count: 401
Daily goal: 375

Confused? See my posts Writing Reflections - A Round Of Words In 80 Days Day1 and Starting 2011 With A Round Of Words In 80 Days

Writing Reflections - A Round Of Words In 80 Days - Day 1

Some where over the last few months I figured out that I under write which is a relief because I now know that my first draft of Shroud Of Death will only be a skeleton but one that I should be able to work from, one that maps out the story from start to end and somehow at the end of it I will need to go back and add the meat and organs and brains to the story.

Shroud Of Death began life way back when as an idea that I loved. I tried to write it during nanowrimo one year and it got shelved after 11000 words, recently the idea has resurfaced, I've changed the original location, the characters have been replaced with new ones, and plot points make better sense. 

Before I started the new draft, I began jotting down loose scenes on index cards which gave me a starting block that highlighted problem areas and points that wouldn't work. A more stable outline made it onto the computer, just one or two lines of the main event or development in each chapter. I can't see what's around the corner until I get to the corner but I can see where I need to end up.

Daily goal: 375 words

Today's word count: 377
Read my initial goals.

Writing Prompt 11 For January 2011

Writing Prompt 11 has been posted to the website.

Instructions: Use the photo above to inspire a piece of writing such as a free write, a poem or story. A new writing prompt is added every month so come back often to try the new ones or revisit old ones. Why not try writing a piece that incorporates more than one photo?

I have deliberately not supplied any information with the photographs. I want to see what your imagination can come up with on its own. If you sell a piece of writing that was based on one of these, please let me know so I can celebrate with you.

All photo's are taken by myself with either a Nikon D50 or a Coolpix S3000 camera.

Starting 2011 with A Round Of Words In 80 Days

I stumbled upon this writing challenge via the Indie Book Collective blog and handily just as I'm getting to the writing stage of a novella. It asks you to commit to a writing project for at least 80 days setting and revising goals as necessary. I tried Nanowrimo three times without much success finding the pace too fast and inflexible but it offered that much needed motivation.

The A Round Of Words In 80 Days approach feels more workable to me. The fun begins on the 3rd of January and sign ups are here.

My Goal is to write the 1st draft of Shroud Of Death in 80 days. I'm loosely aiming for an overall word count of 30000 words which gives me a daily word count of 375 and a weekly word count of 2625. I think this will allow me to keep productive without becoming bogged down and still allowing time in my day to keep up with my current poetry studies and producing Dark Metre.