The Basement Office

A conversation with myself and my creative endeavours

  • news & views
  • Snippets & Experiments
  • The Expensive Universal Instrument!
  • Capricornucopia
  • About Me

I’m still in it to win it.

Posted by Frank Cote on July 18, 2011
Posted in: Novel writing, Writing. Tagged: camp nanowrimo, life, word count, writing, writing block.

I haven’t posted in a good long while since I’ve had my story issues.   It’s been a crazy week.  Sorry about that.

Sadly, last week was almost a write off for word count and I’ve fallen behind.  I am currently 7k behind where I should be to succeed.  I hit a bit of a slump that wasn’t completely story related.    The interesting thing is that I had the same kind of slump with Revenant.  I had a really lousy 2nd and 3rd week too and rallied to pull it out of the fire.

The good news is that 7K is not a catastrophic amount.  The great news is that I’m back on track in my writing routine.  I gave the WIP a good kick in the teeth yesterday and the words being typed felt good.    Adding parts from Beth’s point of view is really illuminating to me and adding word count as well.  I will be able to catch up and be on track in due course.

I’m still a little lost, I’m not out of the woods yet.  I still have issues but I’m working through them.   The even more great news is that I’m confident that I can work them out as I continue writing this week.

This weekend I have a meeting with my new writing group (the first of what I hope will be many).  They are awesome people whose writing ability I respect and admire, beyond being tremendous and very supportive friends.  I look forward to hashing these issues out with them and hopefully helping them out as well and just getting generally inspired to write.   It’s exciting!

As I’ve said before.  I cannot lose.  This story will be written.

 

Advertisement

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Reddit
  • More
  • Print
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn

Like this:

Like Loading...

Posts navigation

← Story problems I’m mulling over
‘The Successful Novelist’ by David Morrell and audible.com →
  • Space Pirates! NaNo 2017

  • Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

    Join 74 other subscribers
  • I’m being a twit:

    • Twitter unlocked again at work. Yay?- 3 years ago
    • Holy crap! Twitter is unlocked at work??? #gonnaneedmoreselfcontrol- 4 years ago
    • RT @ratherastory: Tell the @CRTCeng to reject Bell's plan to end net neutrality. sumof.us/392732813t- 4 years ago
    Follow @Frank_Cote
  • Past Missives

    • February 2020 (1)
    • January 2020 (1)
    • January 2018 (1)
    • December 2017 (2)
    • November 2017 (10)
    • October 2017 (4)
    • September 2017 (1)
    • January 2017 (1)
    • August 2015 (2)
    • October 2014 (1)
    • July 2014 (1)
    • June 2014 (1)
    • May 2014 (1)
    • March 2014 (1)
    • December 2013 (1)
    • August 2013 (1)
    • July 2013 (2)
    • June 2013 (2)
    • May 2013 (1)
    • April 2013 (1)
    • November 2012 (4)
    • October 2012 (1)
    • September 2012 (1)
    • July 2012 (8)
    • June 2012 (2)
    • May 2012 (1)
    • April 2012 (1)
    • March 2012 (6)
    • February 2012 (2)
    • January 2012 (6)
    • November 2011 (2)
    • October 2011 (8)
    • September 2011 (8)
    • August 2011 (9)
    • July 2011 (24)
    • June 2011 (10)
    • May 2011 (8)
    • April 2011 (16)
    • March 2011 (13)
    • February 2011 (18)
    • January 2011 (3)
    • July 2010 (1)
    • March 2010 (1)
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • The Basement Office
    • Join 34 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Basement Office
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Copy shortlink
    • Report this content
    • View post in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
%d bloggers like this: