I checked on my WIP yesterday and found out I’m about a third of the way through already at a 30k word count. It might turn out longer, but it will have to develop that way. Not going to shove in more pages unless there really is a need for them.
Enjoying the story so far. I’m in the phase where it’s no a huge struggle to get into the flow of words, having gotten much of the world and characters fleshed out to where they can walk around and do things kinda on their own without me having to scratch my head every other sentence, wondering what happens next. Also trying for a bit more humorous slant in this story. Not full-blown comedy or anything, but just seeing if I can get some smiles and laughs despite serious events and such. We’ll see if that succeeds. It’ll be a while before this is complete and ready to be beta-read.
How goes the writing on your end? For inspiration, here is a cool article that pulls snippets from author interviews where they talk about their writing routines, or lack thereof.
http://io9.com/5106135/science-fiction-novelists-reveal-their-daily-writing-routines
The one that struck me the most was Haruki Murakami’s routine, where he says:
“When I’m in writing mode for a novel, I get up at 4:00 am and work for five to six hours. In the afternoon, I run for 10km or swim for 1500m (or do both), then I read a bit and listen to some music. I go to bed at 9:00 pm. I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind. But to hold to such repetition for so long — six months to a year — requires a good amount of mental and physical strength. In that sense, writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.”
Man…makes me feel like I’m not taking my writing nearly serious enough. Still…4 AM? That’s just an unholy hour. God isn’t even up that early if He can help it.
I see that smile.