Another writing month begins

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Well, fresh from my near miss with NaNoWriMo I have got straight back to it writing wise although most of tonight was taking up on submissions. I sent four out

The Patternmaker's Daughter - 2
The Intersection - 1
Against the Fall of Empire -1

They took rather a time to get sorted but it could be worth it.

So when I started writing I was already running short on time and managed only one scene today - 608 words bring the total up to 75,772.

NaNoWriMo taught me a few things. One of which is more of a reinforcement that a new lesson but it'll do. I like lists. I like a certain order. So I have decided I am going to keep a log of daily writing in terms of word count and books/stories being written. How sad is that? Never mind, it will keep me happy. So I have a new spreadsheet and the first day's entry is logged.

Anyway for anyone who is interested - here's my chart for November (warning - it will be very dull reading)

Date Daily Word Count Total Word Count
42309 4073 4073
42310 1294 5367
42311 1885 7252
42312 802 8054
42313 2398 10452
42314 787 11239
42315 3467 14706
42316 3184 17890
42317 1155 19045
42318 2140 21185
42319 470 21655
42320 0 21655
42321 790 22445
42322 2338 24783
42323 2099 26882
42324 0 26882
42325 0 26882
42326 51 26933
42327 1888 28821
42328 2108 30929
42329 1684 32613
42330 2792 35405
42331 552 35957
42332 1321 37278
42333 627 37905
42334 873 38778
42335 2205 40983
42336 2457 43440
42337 2944 46384
42338 1353 47737


I did say it would be dull. I don't lie about these things.

Comments

Kate Lechler said…
Good to read about your process, Edmund. Glad you're sending things out! Fingers crossed you get some acceptances back. I'm intrigued with your novel project!
1 December 2015 at 21:53
Edmund Lester said…
Thanks for the kind words

By the novel project - do you mean the bawdy sci-fi noir detective story, with creative expletives, set on a space station?
2 December 2015 at 20:15
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