Tracking

Date Written Removed Current Notes
2/17/2013 4,200 900 3,300 4 different rewrites of first section
2/18/2013 500 900 2,900 Mainly re-writing first section
2/19/2013 1,450 0 4,350 Going slower than normal because of new charaters
2/20/2013 2,000 0 6,350 Starting to feel my rhythm clicking in
2/21/2013 2,300 0 8,650 Little bit slow in the morning, picked up later in the day
2/22/2013 1,000 0 9,650 Only a 1/2 day as I had to  devote time to other books
2/23/2013 0 0 9,650 Reviewing Copy edits of Rose and the Thorn – no new writing
2/24/2013 2,050 900 10,800 Incorporating alpha feedback on first thee chapters
2/25/2013 1,100 600 11,300 More editing to find the right voice
2/26/2013 0 0 11,300 No writing today
2/27/2013 400 200 11,500 Finally…1 – 3 are DONE
2/28/2013 1,600 0 13,100 Good progress on Chapter 4
3/1/2013 1,800 0 14,900 First section completed
3/2/2013 2,300 0 17,200 Chapter 4 section two
3/3/2013 2,100 0 19,300 Chapter 4 section two & three
3/4/2013 2,300 0 21,600 Chapter 4 complete
3/5/2013 0 200 21,400 Editing two chapters
3/6/2013 1,540 500 22,440 Section 1
3/7/2013 1,880 0 24,320 More on Section 1
3/8/2013 2,150 0 26,470 Section 2
3/9/2013 2,100 0 28,570 Section 2 & 3
3/10/2013 1,885 0 30,445  Section 3
3/11/2013 1,475 0 31,930 Section 4
3/12/2013 1,890 0 33,820 Section 4 & Starting Chapter 6
3/13/2013 1,200 0 35,020 Morning session only, might add to it.
3/14/2013 1,710 0 36,730 Building to a mini-climax scene.
3/15/2013 1,510 0 38,230
3/16/2013 2,120 0 40,350
3/17/2013 1,260 0 41,610
3/18/2013 1,470 0 43,080
3/19/2013 2,160 0 45,240
3/20/2013 0 0 45,240 Hiatus starts, working on other projects
5/24/2013 0 0 45,240 Back to work on Hollow World
5/25/2013 0 4,020 41,220
5/26/2013 2,320 0 43,540
5/27/2013 2,180 0 45,720
5/28/2013 1,900 0 47,620
5/29/2013 2,105 0 49,725
5/30/2013 0 0 49,725 No writing – New York (Audies)
5/31/2013 0 0 49,725 No writing – New York (Audies)
6/01/2013 2,115 0 51,840
6/02/2013 3,060 0 54,900
6/03/2013 2,410 0 57,310
6/04/2013 2,100 0 59410
6/05/2013 3,240 0 62,650
6/06/2013 1,900 0 64,550
6/07/2013 2,150 0 66,700
6/08/2013 1,050 0 67,750
6/09/2013 2,340 0 70,090
6/10/2013 2,500 0 72,590 All the dominoes in place – starting the cascade
6/11/2013 2,200 0 74,790
6/12/2013 1,530 0 75,320
6/13/2013 0 0 75,320 Needed time to work out some plot issues
6/14/2013 2,400 0 77,720 Planting previous seeds to blend threads
6/15/2013 2,290 0 80,010 Started forward momentum again
6/16/2013 1,050 0 81,060 Might have to rip some of this out again.
6/17/2013 0 0 81,060 Took the day off for a roadtrip
6/18/2013 2,100 0 83,160 Estimated what I have left to write and it looks like this book will come in at 110,000 words.
6/19/2013 2,050 0 85,210  
6/20/2013 0 0 85,210 Switching to Hollow World copy edits
6/21/2013 0 0 85,210 Day off to meet with a fellow author visiting town
6/22/2013 1,600 0 86,810 Back to working on Rhune
6/23/2013 2,010 0 88,820
6/24/2013 1,100 0 89,920 Need to add a new POV chapter
6/25/2013 2,050 0 91,970
6/26/2013 2,120 0 94,090
 6/27/2013 1,550  0 95,640
 6/28/2013  1,300 540 96,400
 6/29/2013  0 0 96,400 Hollow World Editing
 6/30/2013 0  0 96,400 New book outline
 7/01/2013 0 0 96,400  New book outline
 7/02/2013 2,050  0  98,450
 7/03/2013 1,570  0 100,020 Woohoo! past six digits
 7/04/2013 1,800 0  101,820
 7/05/2013 1,300 0 103,120  4 or 5 chapters left to go
 7/06/2013 800 0 103,920
 7/07/2013 1,100 0 105,020
 7/08/2013 500 0 105,520
 7/09/2013 600 0 106,120
 7/10/2013 280 0 106,400
 7/11/2013 0 0 106,400 Traveling to ConnectiCon
 7/12/2013 0 0 106,400  At ConnectiCon
 7/13/2013 0 0 106,400  At ConnectiCon
 7/14/2013 0 0 106,400  At ConnectiCon
 7/15/2013 0 0 106,400 Traveling from ConnectiCon
 7/16/2013 1,300 0 107,700
 7/17/2013 2,300 0 110,000 Every time I write a chapter one gets added so still about 4 chaps to go.
 7/18/2013 2,100 0 112,100
 7/19/2013 2,050 0 114,150
 7/20/2013 1,830 0 115,980
 7/21/2013 1,220 0 117,200
 7/22/2013 1,050 0 118,550 Some bad stuff in this that will have to be reworked
 7/23/2013 2,500 690 120,060 Finished with climax. 1 chapter left (2 or 3 sections)
 7/24/2013 2,740 690 122,800 AND DONE!

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