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Accountability, author's timecard, word count written, feeling lonely out there?
meg_evonne:
Amazing, isn't it, Neurovore?
Lifting a beer in honor of long series authors! You are amazing!
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
4000 words today and yesterday; total through pass done, current length 35,000 words/10 chapters, we may be about to get forward momentum again at last.
meg_evonne:
Holy crimminie! 4000? way to go! I'm delving into the new story line with a great deal of satisfaction. It's falling into place with amazing speed although the strands of subplots are quickly becoming quite complex. So much better to have too many, than not enough however.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
I'm at the halfway point chapters-wise, and only a couple of hundred short of 45,000 words which makes me more relaxed than I have been for some time about getting the whole thing to come out at a reasonable 90kwordsish length. Last night was another 4000-word night. (I had Friday off as my workplace was closed for unique-to-that-workplace reasons, so wrote Thu and Sat rather than my habitual Fri.) I am feeling really energised about this, not least because the next couple of chapters lead to meeting some cool new people including one who is going to be very important in the larger story arc.
Of course, I would have to get this kind of energised when I am about to go away for a work conference/workshop thing which means being away from Saturday to Sunday of the week following, so i will have minimal writing time between now and then, but still, it's progress.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
1700 words tonight, which makes me feel a bit better about aforementioned travel. Not least because I have now got to the start of the bit I have been really really wanting to write, which will make jumping back on in a fortnight easier.
Halfway through book 2 is less good a time to suddenly figure out some stuff about book 4 in work than my subconscious seems to realise. (if I move one specific thing from book 4 to book 7 all of book 4 comes together better, and book 7 gets a bit larger.)
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