Okay, this page is mostly for me. It keeps track of my day-to-day writing progress. Mostly I want to see if there are any trends.
Sunday, May 27: 35 words. Inching forward with new view of protag.
Saturday, May 26: 0 words. Dug deeper into protagonist.
Friday, May 25: 260 words. Applied new character changes to story opening
Thursday, May 24: 0 words. Spent time digging into protagonist
Wednesday, May 23: 120 words
Tuesday, May 22: Not a full restart of the novel, but major overhaul of the character (-114 words)
Monday, May 21: Critique group
Sunday, May 20: 46 words
Saturday, May 19: 42 words
Friday, May 18: 208 words
Thursday, May 17: add 330 words, but cut 371 from a chapter for a net of -41
Monday, May 7 – Wednesday, May 16: Relative from out of town plus massive work load. Sadly no writing.
Sunday, May 6: 75 words
Saturday, May 5: 27 words
Friday, May 4: 185 words
Thursday, May 3: 757 words
Wednesday, May 2: Night off
Tuesday, May 1: 280 words
Monday, April 30: 417 words
Sunday, April 29: 1380 words
Saturday, April 28: 6 words (slow start as I revise chapter)
Friday, April 27: Night errands ate into my writing time
Thursday, April 26: -362 (cut out a chapter)
Wednesday, April 25: Submitted Tarot to agent and publishing house
Tuesday, April 24: Night off
Monday, April 23: Writing Group
Sunday, April 22: Guest Blog Post
Saturday, April 21: Smoothed out synopsis and revised Baggage chapter for crit (net of 0 words)
Thursday- Friday, April 19-20: revising and shortening synopsis
Wednesday, April 18: 603 words on synopsis
Tuesday, April 17: 604 words on Tarot synopsis
Monday, April 16: 350 word Flash Fiction
Sunday, April 15: 30 words (prepping for submission to crit group)
Saturday, April 14: 377 words
Friday, April 13: -20 words (working on voice, thus the diminished wordage)
Thursday, April 12: 94 words
Wednesday, April 11: 141 words
Tuesday, April 10: 174 words
Monday, April 9: Writing Critique Group
Sunday, April 8: 1727 words
Saturday, April 7: 2 words (polishing a chapter for critique)
Friday, April 6: Helping a friend market her writing
Thursday, April 5: 276 words
Wednesday, April 4: 802 words
Tuesday, April 3: 239 words
Monday, April 2: Writing Critique Group
Sunday, April 1: 894 words in the morning, 707 words at night
Saturday, March 31: Doggie love time
Friday, March 30: Prep for garage sale
Thursday, March 29: Item writing
Wednesday, March 28: Disneyland
Tuesday, March 27: 138 words
Monday, March 26: Writing Critique Group
Sunday, March 25: -32 words on Babbage (picking up the threads again)
Saturday, March 26: Day off
Friday, March 23: 42 pages revisited. Finished reread of Tarot. Knocked 16 pages off (mostly through making smaller paragraphs big ones).
Thursday, March 22: 40 pages revisited
Wednesday, March 21: Cooking class
Tuesday, March 20: 36 pages revisited
Monday, March 19: 59 pages revisited
Sunday, March 18: building a table
Saturday, March 17: 45 pages revisited
Friday, March 16: Revisiting Tarot, reread 42 pages
Thursday, March 15: 433 words
Wednesday, March 14: 323 words
Tuesday, March 13: Family emergency
Monday, March 12: Writer’s meeting
Sunday, March 11: 261 words
Saturday, March 10: 88 words
Friday,March 9: 305 words
Thursday, March 8: 623 words
Wednesday, March 7: Spoke at a Personal Narrative Class
Tuesday, March 6: 694 words
Monday, March 5: 232 words
Sunday, March 4: 304 words
Thursday – Saturday, March 1-3: Tired, Disneyland, Birthday Dinner
Wednesday, February 29: 606 words
Tuesday, February 28: -347 Streamlining chapter 1
Monday, February 27: Writer’s Meeting
Sunday, February 26: 213 words
Saturday, February 25: Day off
Friday, February 24: 606 words
Thursday, February 23: 391 words
Wednesday, February 22: 96 words
Tuesday, February 21: -52 words (polishing)
Monday, February 20: 678 words
Sunday, February 19: 949 words on Babbage
Saturday, February 18: Send off emails and requested material to agents and editors
Friday, February 10 – 17: Polishing queries and manuscript for submission to agents and editors. There was a writer’s meeting in there as well as Valentine’s Day
Thursday, February 9: 512 words
Wednesday, February 8: 523 words
Tuesday, February 7: 641 words on Babbage
Monday, February 6: Revising Tarot as per agent comments
Sunday, February 5: 230 words
Saturday, February 4: 527 words on climax
Monday, January 30 – Friday, February 3: Plotting out Three Act Structure of Novel
Friday, January 27 – Sunday, January 29: Packing for camp
Thursday, January 26: 393 words
Wednesday, January 25: Cut 708 words and replaced with 608 words
Tuesday, January 24: Blogging (0 words that count)
Monday, January 23: 67 words and writing group
Sunday, January 22: 1794 words
Saturday, January 21: research
Friday, January 20: 221 words
Thursday, January 19: 221 words
Wednesday, January 18: 1183 words. Switched to 3rd POV. So essentially I started over.
Tuesday, January 17: 79 words
Monday, January 16: no writing
Sunday, January 15: 439 words
Saturday, January 14: no writing
Friday, January 13: 705 words
Thursday, January 12: 548 words
Wednesday, January 11: 402 words
Saturday – Tuesday, January 7-10: School word and Disneyland
Friday, January 6: -308 words (cutting a major character from the novel)
Wednesday-Thursday, January 4-5: No writing, taking care of a sick daughter
Tuesday, January 3: 280 words
Monday, January 2: 1511 words
Wednesday-Sunday, December 28 – January 1: Year end movie
I am enjoying your blog, and that you keep progress notes on your writing. I am not on a professional level by any means, but I do have a book that I have been working on. It has a very near and dear place in my heart. My grandfather passed away a few years ago, he had been working on his memoir, when he was at the end it was very important to him that I have it, and finish it for him.
He has led quite the interesting life, and I plan for it to be a little bit of a history lesson for the younger generations, and a tale of a granddaughter who cherished her beloved grandpa. I am learning alot from you, thank you..and keep up the good work here.
I applaud you picking up your grandfather’s work. I agree, you’ll need to include yourself in the memoir to make it work. Remember, the more emotion you put in, the better it will read. So glad what I put there is helpful. Also check out the San Diego Professional Writer’s blog (my writing group) as it has more tips on writing. (Link’s in the sidebar).
I have wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember, and I do mean way back to when I was only a little tot..I wrote a story for children, and made all of the characters modeled after family members. I used characteristics and different animals…well there was a flood in our house, and the story that I wrote was thrown out.. But, I have never given up belief that I was meant to be a writer. My grandfather’s story, well I guess it was just the beginning for me. He was such a huge part of my life, he had such a role in who I am today…of course I need to be the one to write his story.. Thank you for your inspiration..
My granddad also wrote, but he shelved it all after WWII. I guess that killed the creative spirit in him. Some of his stories were excellent though.