A World of Speculation

Words of wisdom

It’s 6:45ish here in the land of sun and snow, where you have to ask whether that white stuff on the ground is the current form of spring shower (I blame global warming) or a drift of cherry blossoms — anyway this would make great weather for my book, but...

Word count, April 21

Word count as of Monday, April 21 — 1,000 for the day, and 13,400 for the project. I took Sunday off, and I think a day off once a week will do me good.It was a hard thousand words, and I almost quit for the day after 500. The story took off on its own, and my...

Word count, April 19

Word count as of Saturday, April 19 — 1,125 for the day, and 12,300 for the project. I haven’t made up my recent slackery, but progress continues.A police interview gave an opportunity for backstory, but I haven’t made nearly the deft use of it that...

Word count, April 18

Word count as of Friday, April 18 — only 650 for the day, but past 11,000 for the project.Very bad writing, which is still better than no writing. My protagonist crossed the threshold into the special world.I need to know a lot more about murder prosecution....

Word count, progress update

At Christopher Vogler’s workshop last weekend, he told about how he strengthened his resolve to finish his book, The Writer’s Journey. It helped him, he said, to make the announcement outward — to tell family and friends that he had decided to...