2013 - Seven Weeks Down and Still Writing

Last week I mentioned that I was doubling my paltry goal of 1,000 words a week.  After doing so I'm proud to say Mission Accomplished!  While it took all week, I did manage to put down 2,111 words in the Rin and Finnius story.  This is the only story I'm working on at the moment, as I've put all other fiction aside.

It may not seem to most of you out there that 2,000 words a week is a big deal and I would agree with you. Its just what I have right now.  When people post to Twitter that they've written 2,000 or more words in a day, I just take a deep breath and tell myself that one day that will be me.  At this point I'm living on Murr Lafferty's words of wisdom.  What's that you ask?  Those words are "It's okay to suck."  I'm allowed to write at my pace and to do it poorly and that's okay because what I learn now will bear fruit in the future.

Speaking of Murr, I've been listening to her a lot lately.  On the way to work and then home I listen to podcast.  For the past several weeks, I have been trying to get current with the "I Should Be Writing" podcast by Murr Lafferty.  It is very entertaining to listen to Murr and the authors, agents and editors that she interviews.  I recommend "I Should Be Writing" to all wanna-be fiction writers.

I'm still reading "A Memory of Light" by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.  It is a master work as is the entire "Wheel of Time" series in my opinion.  I'll probably finish it up this week, which will bring great sorrow to the pattern with the realization that this masterful work of fiction is completed.

That said, I need to be done reading so that may the Rin and Finnius story can be finished.  I really want to be done with the Rin and Finnius story so that I can plan what I will write next.  That may be the greatest lesson I've learned so far.  Plan before writing.  Rin and Finnius has been mostly discovery written and the edits that I see now are extensive.  There is more to change than I like to think about at this point, but I will keep writing and see what happens.  That is part of the fun, right?

Now to start the week off right, I'm gonna get some writing done.  Feel free to leave something in the comments, and as always, I'll be here write 'n stuff.