My four-day weekend started on Wednesday. In the UAE, Friday is a holy day and this coming Sunday starts the work week, so I ended up with the odd Wednesday-Saturday four-day weekend. I set up a barometer for my fiction writing for these four days to help me achieve my monthly goal of writing for 50 hours. I'm keeping in mind that if I can't get ahead of schedule with such a long break, then my chances for completing my October goal will be slim.
Writing baromete over four-day weekend:
0-4 hours: Goal will not be achieved
5-7 hours: Behind schedule
8-10: On or slightly ahead of schedule
11-13: Well ahead of schedule
14-16: Beer --> me
17-50: I am fucking Stephen King
Naturally, I am keeping with my plan of allowing myself one beer for every hour of writing I complete.
10/1: 2 hours of writing (2 beers consumed)
10/2: 1 hour (0 beers)
10/3: 2 hours (0 beers)
Five hours down, 45 to go. I am almost exactly on schedule at the moment to hit 50 by Halloween--actually, I'll hit it a day early if I keep up this pace. Anyhoo, I have a surplus of three beers leading into a Thursday, when it would be really nice to get at least three hours written. If so, I might just finished a six-pack tonight for the hell of it.
Even though I have just started, I have been pleasantly surprised by my characters. I am trying to let them "be themselves" enough to control the action. I am just passively sitting back and daydreaming about what they will do next, and I write down on the page whatever option seems the most believable. Still, I have some vague, distant goals in mind. I don't know if the characters will agree with me enough to let the story get there. They have already disagreed with me once, and they won that argument.
In any case, I have three beers in the bank, and that's always nice.
Also, I plan this weekend to get started on Band Wars II. I have already listened to two albums in the first matchup. It took a while to make a decision, but I'll be completing that post before this time tomorrow.
Writing baromete over four-day weekend:
0-4 hours: Goal will not be achieved
5-7 hours: Behind schedule
8-10: On or slightly ahead of schedule
11-13: Well ahead of schedule
14-16: Beer --> me
17-50: I am fucking Stephen King
Naturally, I am keeping with my plan of allowing myself one beer for every hour of writing I complete.
10/1: 2 hours of writing (2 beers consumed)
10/2: 1 hour (0 beers)
10/3: 2 hours (0 beers)
Five hours down, 45 to go. I am almost exactly on schedule at the moment to hit 50 by Halloween--actually, I'll hit it a day early if I keep up this pace. Anyhoo, I have a surplus of three beers leading into a Thursday, when it would be really nice to get at least three hours written. If so, I might just finished a six-pack tonight for the hell of it.
Even though I have just started, I have been pleasantly surprised by my characters. I am trying to let them "be themselves" enough to control the action. I am just passively sitting back and daydreaming about what they will do next, and I write down on the page whatever option seems the most believable. Still, I have some vague, distant goals in mind. I don't know if the characters will agree with me enough to let the story get there. They have already disagreed with me once, and they won that argument.
In any case, I have three beers in the bank, and that's always nice.
Also, I plan this weekend to get started on Band Wars II. I have already listened to two albums in the first matchup. It took a while to make a decision, but I'll be completing that post before this time tomorrow.
If you're Fucking Stephen King, can you get me his autograph one night?
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Ha you're the second person to say that to me.
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