The first words are written!!!

[vg_ford]

Well, the first day of 2006, and I wrote 2006 words. How creepy. :P

2,006 / 1,000,000 (0.2%)

It's a start - I only have about 28 to make up tomorrow. And I'd like to get a bunch written tomorrow, so we'll see. Maybe I can make a bigger dent.

I have a bunch of stuff to do in 2006 - too many projects on my plate right now. Tomorrow, time to make a schedule I can STICK with.

Now, time to head to bed...

Comments

[kim-richards.livejournal.com]

2006! LOL. Too funny!

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

I know - bizarre, huh?

[calene.livejournal.com]

Coolness!

Good luck on working out a schedule.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm going to need it!

So much to do, so little time to focus on it....

[macfrode.livejournal.com]

Have i told you how impressed i am with you fro being able to make yourself write like this? Well I am, thought you should know.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's good to hear from a fellow writer like that. :) Here's to 2006 - may your Muse give you everything you're looking for, including the time and inclination to write.

[macfrode.livejournal.com]

Seriously though, I find it all but impossible to write when it isn't flowing, you seem to be able to make yourself write all the time, on a schedule and everything. I admire that, i know how hard it is to do. We really are impressed with what you have accomplished.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Stop, you'll make me blush!!! :)

Seriously, though, it's just learning to treat the writing like a skill, like anything else. I've found that over time, if I sit and say, "Okay, I'm writing," I'll do it, even if my muse seems to be elsewhere. Words seem to draw her out. I've had bad days (see my last post) but even those I count as good days for writing, because some words are better than none.

My friend Andi said it best: Butt In Chair, Fingers on Keyboard. If you are really serious about wanting to be a published author (like I am), you need to learn to train yourself to write all the time. NY does not wait for the muse to strike - unless your name is Stephen King or Robert Jordan. :)

Besides, writing is therapy. I can kill all the stupid people I want in my writing, and not go to jail for it. :)