Day 2 of the 2-Day Writing Push
Dec. 23rd, 2009 02:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanwriting things:
4,000 words yesterday, total, plus interview questions, and the first half of a freelance gig. Only 2700 new words written so far today. I know I'll be able to put away another thousand or so later today, but mid-day is not good crafting time for me. So I give it over to the Other Stuff that fills every life, and hope to get back to it when my creative brain wakes up again.
Understanding how my brain worked -- what the most productive writing hours were, and when I simply wasn't going to do my best work, was a major breakthrough for me. I write best from 6am to about 11am, and then again from 4pm through to about 9pm. Mid-day is good for taking care of paperwork and chores, thinking-not-writing, etc. But it can be frustrating, sitting here at 2pm, wanting to write, but knowing that odds are good I'll just get frustrated and force 500 words -- while if I wait a while longer, those 500 and more will flow.
This is why I like doing freelance editing and copywriting. It fills the space between 11am and 4 pm so nicely.
EtA: 4,100 words, and back in a wrist brace for my efforts. Calling it a night.
non-writing things:
For my fellow Leverage fans: http://popculturezoo.com/archives/5049 You're welcome. :-D
4,000 words yesterday, total, plus interview questions, and the first half of a freelance gig. Only 2700 new words written so far today. I know I'll be able to put away another thousand or so later today, but mid-day is not good crafting time for me. So I give it over to the Other Stuff that fills every life, and hope to get back to it when my creative brain wakes up again.
Understanding how my brain worked -- what the most productive writing hours were, and when I simply wasn't going to do my best work, was a major breakthrough for me. I write best from 6am to about 11am, and then again from 4pm through to about 9pm. Mid-day is good for taking care of paperwork and chores, thinking-not-writing, etc. But it can be frustrating, sitting here at 2pm, wanting to write, but knowing that odds are good I'll just get frustrated and force 500 words -- while if I wait a while longer, those 500 and more will flow.
This is why I like doing freelance editing and copywriting. It fills the space between 11am and 4 pm so nicely.
EtA: 4,100 words, and back in a wrist brace for my efforts. Calling it a night.
non-writing things:
For my fellow Leverage fans: http://popculturezoo.com/archives/5049 You're welcome. :-D
