Write Every Day: Day 2

[the_siobhan]

I'm working overtime tonight so I'm not sure how much work I'll get done today. Doesn't help that my office is freezing right now. (It snowed last night and it's about 2 C outside right now. By Friday it's supposed to go back up to almost 20 C. Go home November, you're drunk.)

I do all my actual writing in Scrivener. (Which I love.) I started doing my research notes in there as well, but I found the flipping back and forth between notes and story was mucking up my concentration, so now I have the story open on my laptop while I take notes on loose-leaf paper that I can move around and add to at will. And then I had a couple of those "ooo, I know what I can do with that scene" moments when I was doing something else that I scribbled down on coloured post-its and stuck to my paper notes.

By the time I'm done this project I fully expect it to look like this:



So today's question is how you do your actual writing? Do you write long hand, do you use word, or some other dedicated app? Do you use dictation software? (I've always wanted to try dictation, especially now that I have a private workspace.)



Day 2 Tally:
china_shop, shadaras, falkner, luzula, badly_knitted, alexseanchai, trobadora, saki101, sylvanwitch, brainwane, thevetia, lferion, cornerofmadness, nafs, sakana17, yasaman, solo, phrenk, auroracloud, ysilme, sanguinity, silveradept, alexcat, iberiandoctor, firecat, carenejeans



Day 1 Tally:
china_shop, sylvanwitch, luzula, badly_knitted, trobadora, falkner, alexseanchai, silveradept, shadaras, sanguinity, thevetia, nafs, cornerofmadness, lferion, sakana17, alexcat, marvelouscity, saki101, yasaman, solo, auroracloud, phrenk, shopfront, brainwane, dreamwriteremmy, ysilme, iberiandoctor, firecat, carenejeans

Let me know if I've missed your name. And participation is always open, so feel free to drop in any time.

Comments

[satoyan]

Day 2: 2050 words on nano. I also have a list with 29 items so far of things I need to figure out and then go back and fix, mostly in terms of worldbuilding, because I did not do enough planning. :D Hopefully by making the list as I go I won't find it too overwhelming to do edits later, should a completed draft be achieved.

Because I don't have a good writing habit in place, I am doubtful about reaching a completed draft. These first two days have both been days off work for me, and I always have the most motivation early on in a project. I'm hoping I can keep it up all month, but if not, even an alibi sentence a day would be more consistent writing than I've done in years. :D

[the_siobhan]

You're smart, it's the trying to do all my editing afterwards that's tripping me up now.

Well done on your words! I hope you're able to figure out a groove to get you through the rest of the month.