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It's been a busy couple of days here in Spare Oom, getting used to the new regimens I've given myself. It's not difficult, to be truthful...it's just a matter of Doing instead of Planning for the most part. Even when the unexpected comes around -- a weird browser error eating my first take of this entry, for example -- the important thing is to get it done regardless. Thankfully the Day Job hasn't been all too worrisome the last few days, which is giving me a bit of extra time to get used to it all.
The biggest change is getting used to writing longhand. It's coming along just fine so far, averaging around four pages a day, which is about normal. The obstacle I have here is to get used to how I pace the story. I'm a fast typist but a leisurely longhander (anything faster and it starts getting illegible), so I have to be a little more patient with my prose when I'm writing it out like that. I've already reminded myself a few times that it's okay to write a few clunky sentences, as they'll be fixed in revision. Still...I've done it before, so it's just a matter of keeping it up, and I'll get used to it all again.
Other than that, all is going well. I'm actually a bit surprised as to how much I can get done in a single day, especially when I make it a point to not faff about online. This morning I have only three tabs open: this one, my Walk in Silence blog (entry to be written later today) and the 750 Words site (daily words to be done soon). The Apartment Complex notebook is right under my monitor, waiting to be pulled out for another session. After a while, I get into a zone where I'll start in on one project, finish the day's work on that one, and go straight to the next one. And hey, next thing I know, I'm done for the day, hitting all the beats I wanted to hit, and it's still early in the evening!
Now to make sure I keep it going!
The biggest change is getting used to writing longhand. It's coming along just fine so far, averaging around four pages a day, which is about normal. The obstacle I have here is to get used to how I pace the story. I'm a fast typist but a leisurely longhander (anything faster and it starts getting illegible), so I have to be a little more patient with my prose when I'm writing it out like that. I've already reminded myself a few times that it's okay to write a few clunky sentences, as they'll be fixed in revision. Still...I've done it before, so it's just a matter of keeping it up, and I'll get used to it all again.
Other than that, all is going well. I'm actually a bit surprised as to how much I can get done in a single day, especially when I make it a point to not faff about online. This morning I have only three tabs open: this one, my Walk in Silence blog (entry to be written later today) and the 750 Words site (daily words to be done soon). The Apartment Complex notebook is right under my monitor, waiting to be pulled out for another session. After a while, I get into a zone where I'll start in on one project, finish the day's work on that one, and go straight to the next one. And hey, next thing I know, I'm done for the day, hitting all the beats I wanted to hit, and it's still early in the evening!
Now to make sure I keep it going!
