• One scene card (hopefully approximately 2000 words)

• 5,000 words

That’s it. Haha.

20 pages is an unreasonable amount to be writing, especially with such a small font. I breached the 10,000 word range today, and I think that was an accomplishment in and of itself. I hope to write 5,000 words a day, more if I don’t get tired or stuck.

Some days will be better than others, and I just had other things to do today.

 Tomorrow’s goals are going to be much more attainable.

• 20 or so more pages
• 1 or 2 more reviews on writingforums.org

Read:

• 2 more articles in The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing
• for leisure in The Black Jewels Trilogy

My internet moden died on me back on Monday, which explains why I haven’t updated. I have been getting a lot of work done though, which is the positive effect no internet has on my work.

I finished all of my worldbuilding yesterday morning, and took the rest of the day off. It was nice to rest and recharge, preparing to sit down to write a hell of a first draft. The fact that I finished the planning, got up this morning, made some tea, and plunked my butt down in this terribly uncomfortable computer chair to write amazes me. I’m surprised and thrilled that not an ounce of procrastination loomed before me.

 Yesterday, I also spent about an hour laying out underneath the tree in my backyard just thinking. I haven’t done that in a long time, just amused myself with what my imagination has in store for me. I need to make that part of my daily routine. Ideas for future works are abundant, and so I’m keeping track of them on my big page of ideas.

 This morning I woke, probably around 8, sat down and churned out 18 pages of text. That’s very small text. Verdana, size 8, bold. My favorite font to use for writing because it’s small. Because then once I have an impressive number of pages and I put it in a normal size font, it looks so much more impressive.

 I only worked for half a day, so I’m spending the rest of it with my family.

I’m tempted to go back, read and revise, but so many authors advise against that until the first draft is finished. However, I think that I have too much dialogue and not enough character thoughts which limits the characterization.

Something to keep in mind as I press forward.

I also wrote two reviews at writingforums.org. I find I actually quite enjoy that. There are some talented authors over there. When I decide to share my works with the world, I look forward to them helping me out as I’ve helped them. =]

• character cards
• location cards
• rank cards
• occupation cards
• prophecy cards
• ceremony cards

decide:

• whether or not to switch to dvorak typing
• whether or not to paint the wooden box cards are stored in

finish:

• nothing

 as of this moment, i am just finishing the worldbuilding stage. i have a detailed map of my characters’ home, the outline of the magic system, and descriptions of the job classes. today i finished writing out the plot.

writing full time is hard on the eyes. and the legs and back. if i’m going to be at the computer for several hours at a time, i at least deserve a comfortable chair, right?