The Word Count

July was a busy month. I won't bother going into all the details, but it was just plain busy. The last time I was working on Natalie's Hunt, I looked at my word count for the month of July. I probably shouldn't have done that. It bummed me out. I didn't write nearly as much as I wanted to write.

So with a new month starting in a just a few hours (less than 5 as I am typing this), I am setting my sights forward. There are some very busy times coming up for August. We will have visitors the last couple weeks of the month. So the house will be kind of full, and kind of full really isn't the best time for writing. But I will do my best, and give extra effort to the first couple weeks and get as much done as I can so that when August comes to a conclusion, I can look at my progress and feel happy about it.

I am not all bummed out about my progress. I am enjoying seeing new things in the story as I go. My method of writing is that I have the "basic" story in my mind. After that it gets filled in with lots of new details and things that tie it all together. It's those last parts that I don't truly know until I sit down and really start writing.

I get into the story in my mind, and I start writing what I am seeing, and my imagination creates as I write. It's a wonderful and thrilling experience that I would gladly enjoy almost every day. I only say almost because I know the imagination needs its recharge time. I can manage that. But first I need to get into the position where I really can write daily. At that point I could eventually publish 2 or 3 books, and 2 or 3 short stories every year. I've tested my theory and I know it's true. I really could write that much. Granted, I only have story ideas in my head that would cover the first two years (maybe 3). I don't doubt my brain could come up with some new material to keep me going beyond that point though.

I'll think I'll go write something now.