So is 1K per day too ambitious? I was hoping to average that.
I do hope to steal a little time on weekends, but for me, weekdays should actually be more productive. That's when dh is at work and both kids are at school. Strangely, though, evenings have been pretty good. Like I said, though, I think I am actually in a passive-aggressive struggle with myself over time and writing. I want to be able to tell myself, "ok, write," and then write. Effectively and productively. So far it's going well, moving faster and better and more naturally than it has in any other attempt, but I feel like most of that is because I finally opened the right window to the story.
Second day on the job and it seems OK. I had a few things happen at home that slowed me down in the morning, and Fridays are short school days for my kids. So I had less time and more to do. I'll be working over the weekend, too, so it will take discipline to achieve all my goals. Bright side is, when this work task is done, I should be able to hunker down at home again for a few days and focus on my own writing while they handle client-side stuff. This could turn out to be a great arrangement, if I learn to dig in my heels and get my own needs met.
Any good resources on dialogue? I am not stressing too much about it in the first draft, but unnatural dialogue disturbs me as a writer, and I tend to write like I talk. And I am clearly verbose...and most people are not. Especially non-native speakers...*sigh*
I'm going to go write now.
I do hope to steal a little time on weekends, but for me, weekdays should actually be more productive. That's when dh is at work and both kids are at school. Strangely, though, evenings have been pretty good. Like I said, though, I think I am actually in a passive-aggressive struggle with myself over time and writing. I want to be able to tell myself, "ok, write," and then write. Effectively and productively. So far it's going well, moving faster and better and more naturally than it has in any other attempt, but I feel like most of that is because I finally opened the right window to the story.
Second day on the job and it seems OK. I had a few things happen at home that slowed me down in the morning, and Fridays are short school days for my kids. So I had less time and more to do. I'll be working over the weekend, too, so it will take discipline to achieve all my goals. Bright side is, when this work task is done, I should be able to hunker down at home again for a few days and focus on my own writing while they handle client-side stuff. This could turn out to be a great arrangement, if I learn to dig in my heels and get my own needs met.
Any good resources on dialogue? I am not stressing too much about it in the first draft, but unnatural dialogue disturbs me as a writer, and I tend to write like I talk. And I am clearly verbose...and most people are not. Especially non-native speakers...*sigh*
I'm going to go write now.
So I need to develop my "long distance" skills. I'm hoping if I allow myself to take the time, I will at least finish it without feeling like I'm always falling behind, yk?
It's not my favorite magazine, but it usually gives me a "yes, I can" feeling.
but we're going to have social clubs
I thought maybe we could meet at the WAHM forum in a dedicated thread until the Social club function is in place.
they're so easy. They just get to enjoy themselves. We women are so inside our heads, and there's so many factors that can mess with that, that many of us, IMO, have so much that can interfere with a healthy sex life...and honestly that's one of the many blessings of being a woman. So to find a way to resolve sexual issues and move past them so you can heal and have a good sex life? That's what the book is mainly about.
) But now I know and so when someone (my Grandmother included, see my blog!) asks what my novel is about, I can tell them in less than an hour
