I've made better progress this month than last and I am up to scene 9. That brings it up to about 13% complete for the first draft. Sometimes it just seems impossible to sit down and just write when I have a full time job to got to and a family to care for. I will try and write something with pen and paper whilst I cook Sunday dinner. Right, better get to it.
Submitted my short story entry to the Bridport Prize with just a day left to go before closing. That was cutting it a bit fine. If it doesn't make the shortlist I'll refine it a bit more and publish on kindle myself. That will be a true test of my writing. So now I need to get back to writing my novel. I've neglected it for a few weeks. Will feel great to immerse myself in it's story again.
I've had a great couple of days. I've written over 1000 more words of my novel and I've got my short story idea sorted. My flash fiction piece just needs a final edit before submitting. Fingers crossed it gets shortlisted. I've got a whole 11 days off work from Friday, hope to get lots of writing done then. I've got a massive 13 followers on twitter
So much for trying to finish scene 5. I can't even start it. No ideas are presenting at all. It is going to be a long day I just need to get past this hurdle and it will be flowing again nicely.
I've still not finished scene 5. I really need to get on with it. It's a bit ambitious of me but I'm also hoping to finish scene 6 as well by Monday evening. I'm also trying to start a short story idea for a writing competition. I've got an idea in mind but can't seem to actually start writing the thing. The closing date is the end of June though, still time. I've finished the first draft of my entry to the flash fiction category of the same competition. I will get that polished within a week and send it off. I wouldn't mind being a runner up at least, fingers crossed. Let's see how productive today is going to be.
This scene takes up the first half of chapter three. It is going to be a great one to write. It takes place at a town library so today I will be immersing my imagination in all things library. It is not going to be all peaceful and serene for my mc though. She is going to be in a spot of bother before the scene ends.
I've had a great evening of writing. I've managed around 1100 words. I've now finished chapter two, so pleased with it too. Can't wait to make a start on chapter three tomorrow. I'm starting to believe that I could actually, really finish this novel. I just have to keep reminding myself that it doesn't have to be perfect yet, this is only the first draft. Current word count is 4542 words.
I'm just not getting very far today. I want to get scene 4 done and I've got to post the next part of Kate's diary on my own website. I've not even begun on that one. Got to do it by tonight and get it published on there. I'm in the middle of cooking Sunday dinner and I've got a headache. Right, let's crack on with scene 4.
I managed 330 words yesterday. Not anywhere near what I wanted. I did manage to finish the scene (3rd) though. Scene 4 is also in chapter 2 and finishes the chapter so I need to get cracking with that. I really need to beat 400 today if I'm to stay on target. I want my first draft finished by the end of August - September at the latest. I've got the notepad out already this morning and I'll type it up in more detail later. Thanks for the supportive comments, it'll keep me going more than you know.
I thought I'd start a blog here to chart the ideas, ups and downs of my wonderful sci-fi novel. I'm thoroughly enjoying writing it at the moment. It's flowing really well. If it's holding my interest then it will surely hold my reader's interest too. I've got fantastic relationships developing between my characters. I'm going to be adding a bit more action later on next month, this will pick up the pace and introduce a sinister element. I've got an ambitious target of 1000 words today. I've not been successful in succeeding 700 words in a day so far. Let's see how today goes. I have a lot of other little jobs to do today as well, I'll try to keep those to a minimum.