What’s Up Wednesday is a weekly meme started by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk that allows us to touch base with blog friends and let them know what's going on in our crazy writer lives.
What I'm reading
I've been so excited to answer this question because I've actually been reading! It struck me the other day that I hadn't read DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth yet and I figured it was time to remedy that. I think the reason I kept pushing it back is because I wasn't a huge fan of THE HUNGER GAMES series and the two had been compared SO MUCH. But I really, really like these books. I'm halfway through INSURGENT now and so far, so good.
What I'm Writing
My latest edits are done, so now I can move on to semi-major revisions on another WIP. I luuurve this book and it always makes me happy to go back and hang out with characters when I've been away for a while. Is that weird? Don't answer that.
What Else I've Been Up To
My sister and my niece were in town from Delaware this past weekend for a big softball tournament my niece was invited to play in. I've talked about her before on here, but she's going into her senior year of high school and she's just such a good kid. I don't know where that came from because both my sister and I were hellions, but she's great.
We also ate a lot because all of our will power combined totally disappears when we're together, so it's back to the gym for me tomorrow.
What Inspires Me Right Now
Everything! I think it's the fact that I can feel Fall coming and I want to create and knit and write and create all the time. Work gets in the way, but I'm happy my brain is working this way right now. Hopefully this will be my best fall yet!
So. What are YOU up to?
Showing posts with label writing goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing goals. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Go hard or go home.
So as it turns out, I'm not very good at leisurely writing a book. If I'm not putting myself under constant pressure to finish something, I get all, "I'll get right on that! Tomorrow." This actually is totally unsurprising to anyone who has ever met me, because I'm a works-well-under-pressure gal. Yay, Scorpio! I've always said I'm awesome when things go to crap. It's when things are going good that I get suspicious. So anyway, the moral to this story is that if I'm going to write that sequel, I'm going to do it in a month with a hard deadline. Plus side, I'll be awesome when I'm finally published and am put on deadline. ::Hear that agents?!::
So now I have to decide what I'm going to do. Do I put my nose to the grindstone and finish the sequel or try to think of a new idea? It's silly, but I feel weird putting the amount of energy needed to write a book into a sequel of a book that hasn't been picked up by an agent or sold yet. And writing for me is cool, but am I missing out on My Next Great Idea (yes, I capitalized it. It felt right.) because I'm working on something for fun?
There's also something to be said for that buzz I get when I have a new idea. It's when I know that I'm operating on all cylinders and doing what I'm supposed to be doing with my life when I get an idea that I know I can turn into 50-80 thousand words. And I miss it. I haven't worked on anything new since NaNoWriMo and I miss the rush of it.
Maybe I will write something new. I guess it's time to hit up my ideas list to see what comes up. If nothing does, then I'll finish the sequel. A plan!
Before that though, I have finals and revisions for HOOD to finish in the next few weeks. Then I'll put myself on an intense deadline and stress myself out. Good times.
Brandy
So now I have to decide what I'm going to do. Do I put my nose to the grindstone and finish the sequel or try to think of a new idea? It's silly, but I feel weird putting the amount of energy needed to write a book into a sequel of a book that hasn't been picked up by an agent or sold yet. And writing for me is cool, but am I missing out on My Next Great Idea (yes, I capitalized it. It felt right.) because I'm working on something for fun?
There's also something to be said for that buzz I get when I have a new idea. It's when I know that I'm operating on all cylinders and doing what I'm supposed to be doing with my life when I get an idea that I know I can turn into 50-80 thousand words. And I miss it. I haven't worked on anything new since NaNoWriMo and I miss the rush of it.
Maybe I will write something new. I guess it's time to hit up my ideas list to see what comes up. If nothing does, then I'll finish the sequel. A plan!
Before that though, I have finals and revisions for HOOD to finish in the next few weeks. Then I'll put myself on an intense deadline and stress myself out. Good times.
Brandy
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Taking it easy.
So I think we've covered here before that I'm kind of an obsessive writer. When I'm writing, I'm completely (okay, pretty much) incommunicado from my friends and family, and I normally knock out a first draft in about a month before I crawl back out, cringing from all of that natural light from the sun.
I'm trying something different right now. I am casually writing a book. Normally I shadow box, stretch and pump myself up for a knock down, drag out sort of experience but I'm going to see how this goes. I think I look silly shadow boxing anyway.
What I'm working on is actually a sequel to one of my other books and I'm really only writing it because I woke up the other day with basically the whole plot in my mind, and that's not really something I can ignore, is it? So I'm writing. I haven't had to alert everyone that I'm writing a book with everything that means (read: don't call, don't visit. I'll call you when I'm done) I'm just... writing it. If I finish it soon, cool. If I don't, that's fine too because I'm only writing it for me. Which is actually what I do with all of my other books too, now that I think about it.
I'm also working on revisions to HOOD from NaNoWriMo, so this whole casual thing is breaking that up nicely.
Hey! If I can finish the casual book, write a new story this summer and then another for NaNo, I'll hit my three book goal for 2012! Of course I'll be starting grad school in the fall and that might slow me down, but still! I'll be close!
So, what are you working on?
I'm trying something different right now. I am casually writing a book. Normally I shadow box, stretch and pump myself up for a knock down, drag out sort of experience but I'm going to see how this goes. I think I look silly shadow boxing anyway.
What I'm working on is actually a sequel to one of my other books and I'm really only writing it because I woke up the other day with basically the whole plot in my mind, and that's not really something I can ignore, is it? So I'm writing. I haven't had to alert everyone that I'm writing a book with everything that means (read: don't call, don't visit. I'll call you when I'm done) I'm just... writing it. If I finish it soon, cool. If I don't, that's fine too because I'm only writing it for me. Which is actually what I do with all of my other books too, now that I think about it.
I'm also working on revisions to HOOD from NaNoWriMo, so this whole casual thing is breaking that up nicely.
Hey! If I can finish the casual book, write a new story this summer and then another for NaNo, I'll hit my three book goal for 2012! Of course I'll be starting grad school in the fall and that might slow me down, but still! I'll be close!
So, what are you working on?
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Getting back on track.
I'm not going to lie... I slacked off on my writing duties in December. I was VERY busy baking and eating and Christmas-ing. Also normal life stuff, but mainly eating.
I've made some headway into my revisions but the tough stuff lies ahead, so I'd really like dive back into those very soon. Like right after I write this.
After that, my plan is more revisions! I have huge, huge revisions to do on KC (secret title laugh here). I'm looking forward to them but they also feel really daunting at the same time. They'll take a while, for sure.
Then I need to do another round of revisions on my NaNo book. There are plot holes-a-plenty in that one but I find myself thinking about it all the time, so I feel like I'm on to something with it. (Random: I've written whole instead of hole so many times today! What's the deal, brain?! Also, why am I typing hole so much?)
So three books and three sets of revisions! Yippeeeee.
I'm going to be SO READY to write something new by spring. Which is good because my December to Remember, write-every-single-idea-I-had-down thing worked and my notepad on my phone has a lot of titles of Book Idea 1, 2, 3 and so on, in it. If I'm being honest, after I finish the MISFITS revisions, I'd really like to write one idea I came up with in December, but I can't just stick to the fun stuff all the time. In theory, these revisions could be done by March-ish and then I can write like a crazy woman into the summer.
My writing goal this year is to write three books, which is actually the same goal I had last year. I came up one short in 2011 though, so I'm determined to make it happen in 2012. I actually want one of them to be the MISFITS sequel just for my own enjoyment, so we will see!
Do you make writing goals? And if so, what are they?
Brandy
I've made some headway into my revisions but the tough stuff lies ahead, so I'd really like dive back into those very soon. Like right after I write this.
After that, my plan is more revisions! I have huge, huge revisions to do on KC (secret title laugh here). I'm looking forward to them but they also feel really daunting at the same time. They'll take a while, for sure.
Then I need to do another round of revisions on my NaNo book. There are plot holes-a-plenty in that one but I find myself thinking about it all the time, so I feel like I'm on to something with it. (Random: I've written whole instead of hole so many times today! What's the deal, brain?! Also, why am I typing hole so much?)
So three books and three sets of revisions! Yippeeeee.
I'm going to be SO READY to write something new by spring. Which is good because my December to Remember, write-every-single-idea-I-had-down thing worked and my notepad on my phone has a lot of titles of Book Idea 1, 2, 3 and so on, in it. If I'm being honest, after I finish the MISFITS revisions, I'd really like to write one idea I came up with in December, but I can't just stick to the fun stuff all the time. In theory, these revisions could be done by March-ish and then I can write like a crazy woman into the summer.
My writing goal this year is to write three books, which is actually the same goal I had last year. I came up one short in 2011 though, so I'm determined to make it happen in 2012. I actually want one of them to be the MISFITS sequel just for my own enjoyment, so we will see!
Do you make writing goals? And if so, what are they?
Brandy
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