When: I have 2 times that are working for me. Early morning, while kids sleep/watch cartoons and after they are in bed. T/Th I don't start until after my oldest in in Preschool. But that worked well for me today.
Where: Same place, on my laptop with my buns on the couch.
What: still no novel yet, but I have written 4 children's stories in 4 days. I started my writing dreams writing as a child, maybe that's just the type of writer I am. It would explain why the novels always lose my interest.
How: I had help with the planing. My daughter loves faeries. I wanted something timeless like Milne created with Christopher Robin. Husband said try this. I did and 4 stories later I have a rhythm.
Why: When I wrote the first drafts of both novels I always said I'd finish before my kids were born, or before my oldest turned 1. I knew I was writing for my kids, but the topics were my topic not theirs. I think maybe I just woke up smarter on 11/2 when I decided that this year's Nano would include children's stories
Adapt? I'm little disappointed there's not yet a novel in me trying to get out, so I will continue thinking plot lines in my head but I am happy with this clip. Each story is roughly 1500 words. Obviously it would be nice for them to want to be 1700, but you know how that goes. I tried to pause in the middle of 1 story today and was not able to clear my mind for other tasks. 2 stories a day is not a good pace though. Even my Nano mentor is not writing 3K a day. My personal goal is 2K/day. I need to find away to adapt to word count vs content. 50K is about 34 of these stories. I think I will be researching selling/publishing after Nano.
Who knew I had this in me? I might have but I am still pleasantly surprised.
Word count: 1601 (7472 total), 1 story (4 total)
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3 comments:
Where'd ya get yer spiffy calendar widget? :-)
Oh, yea, and I am seriously jealous of (a) your word count and (b) completed story arcs. I won in 2006, but have not managed a complete story arc in two decades... *sigh*
If two stories a day are flowing, then write two stories a day.
I may not be writing 3K per day on Nano, but most days, I'm writing 5-7K on a combination of projects.
Last year, I averaged over 3K a day, because the story was on fire, and I hit 50K by November 13.
That won't happen this year, but hey, I'm going with the flow.
Flow with your piece -- your stories sound great.
A word of warning -- if you send them out into the world separately once they're done, make sure not to send them to markets that purchase "all rights", which seems more prevalent in children's markets than others.
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