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Writing Stats for the week of June 13 - 19

Hello readers!

So here are this weeks stats:

Monday: Edited a friends piece.  The awesome thing about having writer friends is that I get to read awesome stuff and edit some awesome stuff. So while I wasn't working on my OWN work, I kept my writing brain active.

Tuesday: Edited a friends piece.  And I did setting development for my Haunted Hotel piece.

Wednesday: No writing progress.

Thursday:  Worked on scene development and added 24 words to chapter 2 of my Haunted Hotel piece.

Friday: No writing progress.

Saturday: Scene development for my Haunted Hotel piece.

Sunday: Character development for my Haunted Hotel piece.


So if you all remember my writing resistance entry, I mentioned that my progress was going to change a little bit.  I'm putting my Haunted House project on the back burner until August. I'm also not doing much free writing.  I've been working through this book and each day is an exercise and with each exercise I am writing a scene.  Hopefully, by the end of the month, I'll have a solid outline, and a handful of scenes that I can piece together like a quilt.

I have to accept that this is a slow process (for me).  I have to accept that I can't write a draft in a week and have something ready for publishing in a month like I can with my short stories.  I have to re-examine my goals and change my process, but I'm excited.
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