I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in a plotting and planning mood right now. I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a vague attempt to escape writing synopses for Love Immortal<\/b>. It has been quite productive. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve plotted five of my A Day in the Life<\/b> series short romance stories and have written three of them. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m planning to write eight of them this year and have chosen which characters will feature. I have to plot another three, but it shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be too difficult since they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re only 4000 word scenes.<\/p>\n
I did figure out my rough schedule for the year to see what it was going to look like. Conclusion: Frightening.<\/p>\n
I will write the first draft of Heart of Darkness<\/b> in February, and after that I need to schedule in two more drafts each on Heart of Darkness<\/b>, Forbidden Blood<\/b> and Ascension<\/b>. And after that I need to proof all three, and write their synopses, etc. When I totted this up on a calendar, allowing for writing, editing and proofing my A Day in the Life<\/b> stories too, it turns out that to do everything minus the synopses will take me until the end of September. Blech. <\/p>\n
I hate it when I figure things out and it basically says – yes, you’re going to be editing, editing and editing until September! Congratulations! Of course, another story will come along and bump that date a bit because I’ll write it in some fevered attempt to escape editing hell. I think it’s a special circle of Hell reserved for writers… or at least writers who aren’t lazy and do edit and do several drafts on their stories to perfect them.<\/p>\n
Of course, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only one thing for it. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll just have to get my head down and get on with it. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to rush things though. I like to be thorough with my writing and do things properly. If I get my head down I should be able to shave some time off my predicted timescales. A few days off each soon adds up when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re talking second and third drafts on three novels. If I manage to get three days off each, I claw back a couple of weeks working time. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sound like much, but I could probably write 40,000 words in that time. I generally write for four days a week on my journey to and from work, and at lunch, and can usually clock up around 5000-6000 words on each day. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 20,000 a week. So, if I knuckle down and get on with my editing and really focus, I could save enough time to write half a novel. Yay!<\/p>\n
I really want to get on with my Hades\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Boys<\/b> series too. I need to do extensive planning on it since it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a seven book series where the main story arc runs through them all, with each story having its own arc as well. I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t written anything like that before, but I have written my three book Prophecy Trilogy, so I know how much planning needs to go into it. A lot! I might start doing bits for it on weekends when I can, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t usually have much spare time then.<\/p>\n
Ah, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a planning, plotting, writing and editing nightmare, but I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have it any other way. I just wish that doing second and third drafts didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take me as long as writing the first draft does! I could get so much more written and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m bursting with new stories right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in a plotting and planning mood right now. I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a vague attempt to escape writing synopses for Love Immortal. It has been quite productive. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve plotted five of my A Day in the Life series short romance … Continue reading