Daily goal: 4,140 words/day. Today: ~4,200 words 260 Pages Edited so Far Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense At the gym this morning, setting a 'rest' timer on my phone between sets, when the numbers started disappearing from my vision. You've got
Daily goal: 4,140 words/day. Today: 4,363 words 238 Pages Edited so Far Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense I recently saw an IG story from a successful content creator where he admitted that on average, 1 day of each week is a wash for him. Maybe
Note: This was written a long time ago. I found it buried in my drafts. I like it. Throughout my life, the fear of loss would hit me: what if she isn't my best friend one day? Or what if he marries someone else? Or if? Something that
Daily goal: 4,140 words/day. Today: 4,266 words 221 Pages Edited so Far Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense I'm back from a long weekend of hanging out with my college bestie, her husband and their 1 year old kiddo. It was wonderful. On Thursday,
Daily goal: 4,140 words/day. Today: 8,296 words (a new record) 186 Pages Edited so Far Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense "I really don't want to do this today. I just don't want to fucking do this today!" I say
Daily goal: 4,140 words/day. Today: 6,120 words 155 Pages Edited so Far Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense Every scene, needs three elements to add conflict : 1. An objective 2. Obstacles 3. An outcome It sounds intuitive and simple, but the middle of my book (commonly
Daily goal: 4,140 words/day. Today: 7,174 (killl meeeee) 133 Pages Edited so Far Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense I think the hardest part of this isn't the writing work. It's the emotional work. Every morning I'm like, "Is
Daily goal: 4,140 words/day. Today: 6,034 words 81 Pages Edited so Far Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense My youngest sister got into town a couple hours ago. I'm going to take the next couple of days to focus 100% on her. I calculated
Daily goal: 4,140 words/day. Today: 6,866 words 😭 (I'm barely ahead of goal- I just keep adding more to the book) 57 Pages Edited so Far Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense Learning: I write characters' actions while forgetting their reactions Every scene in
Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense Daily goal: 4,140 words/day. Today: 4558 words (I'm not ahead of goal though- I just keep adding more to the book) 34 Pages Edited so Far I thought this challenge would be easier than the 'writing 50k in
8/19/2024 My goal: get out of the 2nd draft death zone and edit my entire draft in one month. I started today. Viewing my draft again after so long was brutal. I envisioned myself publishing this piece of shit as-is and my esteemed friends reading it. "
I've been caught in the 'second draft death zone' for months now. Many acquaintances and friends have tried to write a book, made it to the second draft, gotten stuck, and eventually quit. When I finished my first draft I proclaimed, that will NOT be me.