Five hundred is good....
In my ideal world, I'd write 1-2000 usable words per day (plus my admin and social networking stuff) but today kicked my butt. I had to write a conversation, and first I needed to determine where both sides were coming from, and what it needed to convey, and exactly how offensive I wanted the offensive party to be. And wow, this 500-word conversation took me all day.
I was watching the film Temple Grandin to research autism for the Mnevermind series, and on the pass I watched it with the audio commentary from the screenwriter, he pointed out a scene that he'd rewritten 16 times. The scene he finally ended up with went:
"Okay?"
"Okay."
It was a stunning scene, too.
I think I feel compelled in my genre to pump out work fast and sloppy. And it's nice to be reassured that I'm not the only one who thinks it's worthwhile to spend hours getting something just right.
I was watching the film Temple Grandin to research autism for the Mnevermind series, and on the pass I watched it with the audio commentary from the screenwriter, he pointed out a scene that he'd rewritten 16 times. The scene he finally ended up with went:
"Okay?"
"Okay."
It was a stunning scene, too.
I think I feel compelled in my genre to pump out work fast and sloppy. And it's nice to be reassured that I'm not the only one who thinks it's worthwhile to spend hours getting something just right.
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That's a great strategy for Turbulence!Mnevermind 2 has been half-done for months now as Turbulence took over my life and it's really bothering me to have it sitting at that point.
With ''Turbulence I adopted the strategy that I'll buy some three parts in one go.
Be well!