We're nearly there, I'm nearly there!

Hey, it's Wednesday! How did that happen?

I missed my check-in on Sunday because I was recovering from a large and magnificent family birthday party on Saturday. I spent half of last week baking, cleaning, and otherwise preparing for the shindig. So I knew early on that I would have to get my words written if I wanted to meet my goal, since I was going to be indisposed during the latter half of the week.

And I'm pleased -- quite pleased -- to report that I wrote more than double my goal last week, all in the course of just two days! I put in 2,500 words on my outline, bringing the total WIP word count to 27,000. Wowza yowza.

This week I intend to finish outlining scene 31. That just leaves four more scenes to outline and a few plot points to place, and I will be ready to dig in on the writing. I believe that I will be ready to kick off the third quarter ROW with a complete outline and motivation to write!

I hope this round wraps up on a positive note for all of my Indy friends. Happy writing!

Bit of progress

I was able to meet and exceed my writing goal this last week, with 1,400 total words. That's thanks heavily to a half hour of free time yesterday (Saturday) when I was able to cram in 600 words. I managed to make time for writing Monday through Thursday this week, but since I was mostly filling in and fixing scenes, I only wrote 200-300 words each day.

On the bright side, 26 of the 35 scenes for my WIP are now outlined. There's still a bit more cleanup to do there -- I need to figure out exactly where a few of the key plot points are explained. But for now I'll forge ahead and work on the final 10 scenes. I made a "soft" goal for myself to finish outlining those 10 scenes this month (June). Then I think I want to really dig into the writing in July.

In other good news, if this novel really does get off the ground, I've lined up a web designer and graphic artist to help build my online profile, and a pair of editors to give the book a thorough read. It's comforting to know that I have an end-game in play, assuming I get things done on my end.

Happy writing! We're almost to the end of this ROW!

A Successful Week!

My goal for my WIP is 1,200 words a week. I know that's not a lot but it's what I would consider reasonable given the current chaos that is my life.

This week I wrote 1,800 words. Of that, about half was adding details to my outline and half was actual scene and dialog writing. Not bad.

Overall I've finished writing detailed outlines for 19 of 35 scenes. Scene 17 got most of the attention this week; it's a fairly significant part of the story. But what I wrote (outline and "real" stuff) needs cleanup. I'll do a little more on it during the coming week, then push ahead.

Total word count for the WIP is 22,000. Again, that's mostly outline. I'm not traditionally a plotter so this massive outline thing is new territory for me. I like it. It makes me feel like my final product is going to be a much stronger piece.

I hope all you ROWers are on track to meet your Round 2 goals! We're almost there!