Thu, Jun. 18th, 2009, 04:11 pm
JulNaWriMo

I'm getting ready for JulNaWriMo with the intent of writing 50,000 words in July.  Unlike NaNoWriMo (which you all know is in November) I am not necessarily working on a new work, and not necessarily on a novel.  My sole aim in July will be to produce 50,000 words.  They will be a combination of new short stories, new work on old novels, and new work on novels that I've started and abandoned.  My hope is not to produce sellable work out of July -- oh no, no, not likely at 1667 words per day.  My hope is to discover my next real project.  To play around with writing and see what has heat.  Hope to stumble into something that will take off and keep me writing through August, September & October.  That's what I hope.

If you're interested in joining me, check out reannon's post about JulNaWriMo -- or just join the LiveJournal Julnawrimo community and jump in.

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Sat, Jun. 20th, 2009 04:22 am (UTC)
[info]doctorturvy: Is 1667 a lot?

I'm trying to cut down to 1,000 words per day. But... what am I doing now? This very moment?

In a god-like channeling moment that changed my life/style, Rob Brezsny once said "do not consume more information than you produce." What did I do? I appeared in the movie made from the book. I killed my television. I crafted daily thousand-word stories. I developed a discerning approach to consumption. I sent erudite missives to strangers and sometimes in extreme, beautiful and sublime moments, to no-reply@whitehouse.gov.

At first, I thought it was good. It was like when I got hold of MS-DOS 1.0. You know, just a mode command here and again, and only on the weekends. And look at me now: writing software to control Microsoft's data centers.

Be careful.

Writing 1667 words per day? I wish I had that sort of damping control.

I'm sorry... Did I digress? Should I actually go back and read your post?

Where was I...

I should go get a beer from the fridge. Maybe that would help.
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