Weekly word count!

[agilebrit]

So. Last week's word count was: 21,030

This week's word count: 24,876

So, I wrote 3,846 words this week.

Considering the fact that my putative goal is 250 words a day, making my weekly goal 1,750, I'm going to call this a win. Especially since I didn't get as much written at MountainCon as I usually do at a Con. However, I got some valuable research done (found out that cell phone GPS works exactly the way I need it to for my plot, and had a lovely conversation with the beautiful and talented Penny Johnson Jerald about audition callbacks), and figured out some plot elements and a few other things I need to do.

And now, to writing. Because the last line I wrote last night suuuuuucks beyond the telling of it, but I didn't have time to fix it before I went to bed. Note to self: SHOW, DON'T TELL. This:

Janni took Ben out before he wolfed out and ate them, but it was a near thing and left them all sweating.

is a good summary of what happened, but frak me if it's "good writing."

Comments

[neo-prodigy.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!!

YOU MET PENNY JOHNSON JERALD!

I have been in love with her since Star Trek Deep Space Nine. GO YOU!!!!

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

And she's really nice too. As is her husband. :)

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

Serious win in the writing column. I don't know how you do it while chasing after Da Boy.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

He's pretty self-sufficient, so I'm lucky in that arena. :)

[pensive]

See, the SDT rule should be the #2 thing people beta fic for, right behind grammar/spelling.

Entire stories have been ruined by the author(s) giving me in-depth psychological analyses in inner monologue. DX

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I can see doing it in flashfic, where you're writing to a limited wordcount. Here and now, when I need wordcount? Not so much. Even though I'm in another character's viewpoint and I could probably get away with it, it's sloppy and I can do better. *nods firmly*