Tag: 10minutes
- Broken Streak
Moving. That’s what broke my writing streak. And whiny children that don’t want to sleep at night in a new home they’re not familiar with and no melatonin to ease the transition to sleep, which means I don’t get to sleep at night. Or write. I made it 54 days.…
- The Third Week Ends
Three weeks have passed since I started back on the path of my writing journey. I have written at least 10 minutes every day still. I have not posted every day, nor have I been keeping the statistics I was before. I think this is fine since writing essentially the…
- Days 16 & 17
I wrote yesterday and today, but I didn’t track metrics for today. I have the choice to either stop tracking metrics altogether or consider it an aberration and track the rest of the time. To be fair, I don’t think it matters over the long term. It’s for my own…
- Day 15 / What I’m Reading
I had a full head of steam today and wrote for longer than usual. Helped that I removed some distractions and also that my children were asleep. Here are today’s stats: Time spent: 25 minutesWords written: 638 As I promised on Day 13 / Distractions and again yesterday, I’ll introduce…
- Day 14 (Two Weeks!)
Well, I’ve made it to the two-week mark! I’m happy to have made it this far without missing a day. Let’s see where we ended up for the day: Time spent: 18 minutesWords written: 480 Not too shabby. I seem to be stopping early when I could keep going, but…
- Day 13 / Distractions
Since I don’t want to say a lot about what’s going on in what I’m writing, I will take this opportunity to complain about my own bad habits. I know I’m not the only one who struggles with distractions when they should be doing something more “productive.” In my case,…
- Day 12
Another good, though short, session yesterday afternoon. The sorcerer is still dealing with goblins. Tricksy they are. Time spent: 15 minutesWords written: 397…
- Day 11
Our sorcerer is dealing with some goblin mischief in our latest scene. They’re not really threatening creatures so much as nuisances if you know how to handle them. I have no idea where this is going. Time spent: 14 minutesWords written: 355…
- Day 10
We went to a drive-in last night at the Historic Howell Theater to watch Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (affiliate link). We got back late, but I got my time in just under the wire! I miss going to the movies, so the drive-in has been nice. I…
- Day 9
Some things took a turn I didn’t expect while I was writing last night, but I really like it. I’m pantsing this whole thing, which is kind of unusual for me. We’ll see how it goes. Chapter 2 is done, and things are not going as straight-forward for our Rumpelstiltskin.…
- Day 8
I did write yesterday, but it was just before bed, so I didn’t have time to do a post. I did record my stats, however. It was a little more productive than similar-length sessions. I think this was because it was a lot of dialogue and I seem to come…
- Day 7
I hit the one week mark! It’s a meaningful milestone in this process, at least for me. It won’t be long it feels like before I’ve made it a month, I hope. Not much to say about the work in progress. Still on chapter 2. I don’t want to share…
- Day 6
Not much to say other than I’ve begun writing the next chapter, which begins with a magical ritual that hopefully I can convey in an interesting way. I don’t recall ever reading anything similar to what I’m attempting, so we’ll see. Time spent: 13 minutesWords written: 267…
- Day 5
I got a nice, long uninterrupted period to write today while most of my children were out of the house and my wife was napping. A whopping 42 minutes! Then I finished the first chapter and decided to stop, which was probably a bad idea in terms of momentum. I’ve…
- Day 4
I almost forgot to write last night, but I got in exactly 10 minutes under the wire. I didn’t get as many words as I have before, but meh. It’s about the time, not the words right now. Our mysterious old man is still trying to convince our young lovers…
- 10 Minute Author
I read Ten Minute Author by Kevin Partner a couple of months ago, and I got really excited to put his words into action. Then we sold our house and moved into a hotel. Work was busy. I had a bunch of excuses. We’re still in the hotel, but things…
- Day 3
I only wrote for about 10 minutes before being very much distracted by my dogs barking at a small child whining in the hallway outside my hotel room. My family and I have been living in a hotel spread across two adjoining rooms for the past month while we wait…
- Day 2
I wrote some more the night of August 26 (Day 1), and then some more yesterday, August 27 (Day 2). I haven’t written yet today, which is technically Day 3, but I figure I ought to post for Day 2 first. Anyway, I’ll stop babbling now. Maybe. I introduced a…
- Day 1
I ‘ve decided to start writing for at least 10 minutes every day. Every day. Afterward, I’ll write a little post about it. This is for accountability more than anything else, but it’ll also help me to track what I did and what decisions I made along the way. I’m…