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Category: Improving Technique

Improving Technique

My Fifty: #50 – #37

2 Nov 202020 Dec 2021
On Thursday I posted the last section of The Favored Son, which also marked the end of my most recent series. This isn't all, though, it also held the distinction…
Improving Technique

Update on My Novel: Month 18

1 Nov 202020 Dec 2021
OCTOBER STATS Days Writing: 20 New Words: 3924 New Chapters: 1.25 Total Word-count: 60,547 Total Chapters: 17 Well this month was my most productive in a long while! It was…
Improving Technique

Update on My Novel: Month 17

1 Oct 202020 Dec 2021
SEPTEMBER STATS Days Writing: 18 New Words: 3145 New Chapters: 1 Total Word-count: 56,412 Total Chapters: 15.75 Well 3,000 words-per-month definitely seems to be my pattern of late! Actually, if…
Improving Technique

Update on My Novel: Month 16

1 Sep 202014 Dec 2021
AUGUST STATS Days Writing: 17 New Words: 3001 New Chapters: 0.75 Total Word-count: 53,133 Total Chapters: 14.75 August continued with the greater success that we saw in July. I'm not…
Improving Technique

Update on My Novel: Month 15

1 Aug 202014 Dec 2021
JULY STATS Days Writing: 10 New Words: 3060 New Chapters: 0.7 Total Word-count: 50,146 Total Chapters: 14 With July I decided to do things a bit differently. I got rid…
Improving Technique

Update on My Novel: Month 14

1 Jul 202013 Dec 2021
JUNE STATS Full Days Writing: 5 Partial Days Writing: 3 New Words: 1376 New Chapters: 0.3 Total Word-count: 47,133 Total Chapters: 13.3 For a while now I have reported declining…
Improving Technique

Update on My Novel: Month 13

1 Jun 202013 Dec 2021
MAY STATS Days Writing: 10 New Words: 2751 New Chapters: 1 Total Word-count: 45,743 Total Chapters: 13 Well, May wasn't a great month for working on the blog, but I…
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Update on My Novel: Month 12

1 May 20201 Dec 2021
APRIL STATS Days Writing: 12 New Words: 3747 New Chapters: 1.25 Total Word-count: 42,497 Total Chapters: 12 Well, the main takeaway from April is that I did not get as…
Improving Technique

Two Years In

30 Apr 20201 Dec 2021
Wow! I'll be honest, the first year of this blog dragged very slowly for me. By the time I hit my first anniversary I felt I had accomplished a herculean…

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