Time Flies–ROW 80 Check-in

ROW week one has come and gone quickly. I’m sitting here on this rainy Sunday afternoon looking back over the last week. I can honestly say that I am pleased with my results. I guess time flies when you’re actually getting things done.

Writing-I’ve hit and surpassed my writing mark every day. I have two short pieces that I’m working on. It has been cool having them to alternate between. It keeps me from getting stuck. If I’m not feeling one on a particular day, I work on the other one. I’m confident that I’ll have a finished story by the end of the round.

Novel Analyzing- Progress here has been slow and steady. The further I get into the novel, the fewer the scenes. I like that aspect. Planning to pick up the pace a little bit.

Reading Story Engineering- I started rereading from the beginning and found myself bored (simply because I’ve read that part twice already). So, I decided to skip ahead to new territory. Smart move. The section on story structure is proving very helpful. I’m glad I invested in my own copy of the book.

Blog post- Didn’t get that in this past week. I had to make some decisions about what I’d blog about and when. I could have just made a random post to hit the goal, but the purpose of the goal is to add a regular day of posting about a specific topic. So, I decided to wait until I had it figured out. I should get that started this week most likely, next week at the latest.

What’s happening with you guys? Hope you’re hitting your marks. Until Wednesday my friends!

Posted on January 8, 2012, in ROW 80 and tagged , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 13 Comments.

  1. Love it – love it – love it! Way to go, Yolanda. 🙂 I find that alternating writing projects is very helpful.

    Awesome progress. 😀

  2. Great job, Yolanda! Surpassing your writing goals every day is impressive. Keep up the good work!

  3. I really enjoyed Story Engineering. Once I get through my stack of TBR I might re-read it again too. Sounds like you’re making great progress!

  4. Great progress Yolanda! Well done!

  5. might as well get the blog right – from beg.Its not a race after all – well done on doing two at once – all the best for coming week

  6. I could not agree more — alternating between writing projects keeps me writing! I didn’t get my blog post (non-ROW) done either…hmmm. Are you copying me?

    Just kidding.

  7. What would Amy do? I have to ask myself that question often. 😛

  8. Sometimes the things we aren’t achieving teach us more than the stuff we succeed at… like not being able to concentrate on a semi-familiar section of a book or readying a blog when you still feel like you need more time…

    You’ve got enough going on, you’re doing great. =)

  9. Oooh Eden, such wisdom gives me chills. Thanks!

  10. Awesome progress! And you reminded me that I haven’t finished reading Story Engineering. I should do that! 😀

    Sounds like a great first week. Congratulations! See you Wednesday.

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