This has been a slow week as far as writing goes, but I have done a lot of editing. Though it doesn't feel like progress, I know that it needed to be done pretty badly. I think as far as actual word count goes, I've probably cut out as much I've written. Some of what got scrapped (mostly from later chapters) was rendered obsolete by changes I'd made to my plot, while other bits were just removed because they were rubbish. And there were one or two scenes that took up a page or two but which I managed to get down to just a few paragraphs. Chapter 2 is now almost complete (all that remains is a small scene in the middle), though I have to go back through it to fix some inconsistencies. I have another meeting with my writing workshop group this Saturday, so I'm going to submit the funeral scene from the end of chapter 1. However, a lot of other members of the group have already submitted pieces for workshopping so I don't know if we'll get around to doing mine (I don't mind though; I workshopped last month so I don't want to take time away from someone else who hasn't workshopped yet). Over the next week I'm going to try to finish chapter 2 and revise it (or at least some of it) and make more progress on chapter 1 revisions.
I haven't included my word count tally this time, because the total hasn't really moved much from last time. Hopefully
this will be the week I reach 20,000 words.
In other news, I managed to get my subjects for Honours this year sorted out. I've also made a bit of a headstart on researching for my thesis, but I still have a lot to do. As a result, I will be appending an academic requirement to my ROW80 writing goals, and that is to read at least three journal articles each day (and make notes from them if they are useful).
For those of you who don't know yet,
Judgemental Dog is now on Twitter! He wants to inspire/intimidate you into getting more work done. Follow him. Let him cast his judgemental stare over you. Do it. You know you want to.
Judgemental Dog shows us where his priorities lie:
Sounds like you're still moving forward, I hope you find a way to juggle the thesis requirements with your current editing
ReplyDeleteIt's always a little depressing when editing to see your word count go down - but at least that means the writing is tighter. Congrats on your progress!
ReplyDeleteEditing is just as important as writing and it's keeping your head in the story, so a good week in my book. Judgmental dog agrees. Rubbing his tummy is your reward.
ReplyDeleteEditing is really important so I think you've done well. Fingers crossed for reaching the 20,000 :-)
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