It’s a weekday, so I’m getting used to a brand-new place to lay down my head, chill out, and get some writing done. And I just got there.
This might get a little confusing, because I’ll be talking about some of the events that are happening this week while my stats, as per usual, are from the previous week.
I might have an idea of how to keep things straight:
Quick bit of writing advice, kids, subheadings, or subheads for short, are a great way to help visually organize your writings, both to help you know where information should go and where readers can find it.
Let me show you how it works:
Last Week
I was bopping between Des Moines, south central Iowa, and Fort Madison working, writing, and visiting my kid (Jacob). Despite being on the road, I managed to get out of a mini-slump and put together a good run of writing. Even though much of the writing I did that week was online focused rather than my fiction projects, I got well over 4,000 words, which is well above my pace. Anyway, here’s the stats:
Writing statistics for the week ending 16 March 2024:
4,913 words written.
Days writing: 5 of 7.
Days revising/planning: 1 of 7 for 30 total minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 5 of 7 days.
Hopefully, I can keep this up during the current week or even better, despite the fact I promised anyone reading this blog and my other one I would put out some original poetry this week, which tends not to be word-count heavy. It doesn’t matter to me, though – I want to do more poetry and eventually put together a collection of them.
This Week
Now that my kid’s out of the hospital and into a physical rehab facility, I will be spending some time at his apartment in Des Moines. That means about a two-hour round trip commute for me, but I should be able to survive it, especially since it shouldn’t be for too long. It’s going to be just about two months until the school year is over and I wave a fond farewell to my current school district, which was a great place to work in the three years I have been there.
I have a folding table and a relatively comfortable chair at his place, so I think I’ll be set to get some productive writing done. Being a road warrior/writer on the road is inspiring me a bit. Let’s see what I come up with next. Later, everyone.
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