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Okay, then.
Apr. 27th, 2009 10:58 amSince I suppose I've "officially" started the Next Thing, and am nearly 3000 words into it, I guess I'll start doing a Weekly Word Count.
This one is coming together oddly. I'm usually a very linear writer--I go from beginning to end, one scene following another in natural progression. This one, not so much. I have next to no setup here, nor have I done the requisite worldbuilding. I've just jumped right in with the action. Or lack thereof, considering the fact that poor Ben (yes, he's graduated, I'm using his own name now, I think he's earned it) is strapped down yet again, with needles in his arms yet again, having panic attacks and nightmares yet again. And, yet, his sarcasm circuits are still firing.
Have I mentioned lately that I hate my brain? Because it came up with an absolutely diabolical way to break him this morning, and I'm gleefully working on it right now.
So. Beginning word count, just to make this all official-like:
2,934
This includes the ten I've written this morning.
Daily goal, for now:
250 words
This is attainable, and I'd rather have a realistic goal that I can actually hit rather than an unrealistic one that I'll beat myself up for not hitting. That way lies badness.
Ultimate wordcount goal:
100,000
I think it might go over that, because this one is actually more complicated than the last one was. The last one hit the 85,000-word goal when I stuck the END at the bottom, and it's since expanded by 12,000 words and is sitting right around 97,000. So I think 100K is doable here.
Wish me luck!
This one is coming together oddly. I'm usually a very linear writer--I go from beginning to end, one scene following another in natural progression. This one, not so much. I have next to no setup here, nor have I done the requisite worldbuilding. I've just jumped right in with the action. Or lack thereof, considering the fact that poor Ben (yes, he's graduated, I'm using his own name now, I think he's earned it) is strapped down yet again, with needles in his arms yet again, having panic attacks and nightmares yet again. And, yet, his sarcasm circuits are still firing.
Have I mentioned lately that I hate my brain? Because it came up with an absolutely diabolical way to break him this morning, and I'm gleefully working on it right now.
So. Beginning word count, just to make this all official-like:
2,934
This includes the ten I've written this morning.
Daily goal, for now:
250 words
This is attainable, and I'd rather have a realistic goal that I can actually hit rather than an unrealistic one that I'll beat myself up for not hitting. That way lies badness.
Ultimate wordcount goal:
100,000
I think it might go over that, because this one is actually more complicated than the last one was. The last one hit the 85,000-word goal when I stuck the END at the bottom, and it's since expanded by 12,000 words and is sitting right around 97,000. So I think 100K is doable here.
Wish me luck!
