Now that it’s officially the last day of June, the writing schedule I set up for the month has reached its end. I’m actually quite satisfied with the effort I made with it. (You know, other than not starting on June 1st like I had originally hoped for. There was a second project that I worked on for the month of June, and I like the results I’ve been seeing for this too.)
Basic statistics:
-I wrote for a total of 14 days. There were four odd-numbered days where I didn’t get around to writing that day, so I had to make it up the following day.
-Altogether, I wrote a total of 16,048 words. This means that on average, I wrote about 1,146 words each day.
-During the first two days of writing, I didn’t quite reach the one hour mark. (One was for 54 mins and the other was for 56 mins.) After that, I managed to write for at least an hour. My average is 1 hour, 8 mins per day.
-I worked on five different stories. I technically only completed one of them. (With the other stories, I wasn’t quite certain how I wanted it to end, so I’m basically hitting the “pause” button on them for now.)
-In terms of genre, I was all over the place. I first started with magical realism. Then anthropomorphic. (Which I haven’t done in a long time.) Then sci-fi. Then I guess fairy tale? And lastly, it was some sort of post-apocalypse/low fantasy mix? I just go with whatever plot or character speaks to me and hope it’ll take me far. They were all written in third-person, past tense. At least I was consistent with something, right?
When I started spontaneously writing the last story, the three characters that appeared on the page surprised me. And as I’ve been continuing that story with its current flimsy plotline, it has got me thinking. Because there’s definitely some sort of spark there that has called to me.
What I’d really like to do in the coming days of July is do some heavy-duty brainstorming to figure this world out. Maybe pull out my handy Plot Chart (which I haven’t used in a year). Because right now, the story could go in a dozen different directions; I don’t know which pathway is best for the two main characters.
Lately, though, I feel like I’m beginning to fall into the rabbit hole of research. For example, my Google history currently contains: Snowy owls, the genetic fur color variations of Red foxes, blindness and its day-to-day struggles, and a map of Michigan. I dare you to guess what kind of story I could possibly write with these topics, haha.
Fingers crossed I can turn it into a new manuscript project that I’ve been itching to do again. Although, I would also like to pick up and read a new book since I haven’t done so upon finishing Katharine McGee’s novel two weeks ago. My unread book pile is not getting any smaller, you know. (Not like I don’t read other things. I read magazines and newspapers every week. It never stops. Who needs sleep?)
Anyway. Hopefully July will be a successful month as well.
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