- Words written: 862
- Total words written: 15,688
- Stories written: 2
- Total words behind: 4,312
Another day of very little progress. It feels very weird to write a story that I haven’t spent much time planning or thinking about first. I suppose this is what Dean Wesley Smith would call “writing into the dark,” but personally, I don’t subscribe to his philosophy of creativity. Everything worth doing should be done twice: first in the planning, whether consciously or subconsciously, then in the execution. There is no such thing as “plotters” or “pantsers,” only different ways to prewrite a story.
But it wasn’t that I was blocked so much as that the day was just packed. Baby Hiccup required a fair amount of attention today, and we went to the library in the afternoon (as I chronicled on my book blog). Also had to send out my email newsletter, and while it was already written, updating all the lists took time. And then there’s all the household chores…
What am I saing? No excuses. Today was a low word count day, but the story is coming together, even if it feels like there’s the wrong end of a magnet on my butt. I’ll get it done.
