Recently I’ve tried planning the books I wanna write, which is really big. The reason I’m trying to change from Pantser to Plotter is because I can never seem to finish any project I start. And also cause I’m working on a 9-ish book series. I have a rough outline for most of the books, and I set a goal for Max 1 (this isn’t going to be the name, I just don’t have one yet). Its a monthly thing, meaning that at the beginning of each month I take into consideration all the stuff going on in my life and I make a spreadsheet~goal~list~thingy that helps me keep track. Here’s the one for February-
02/01/17 | 404 | 400 |
02/02/17 | 500 | |
02/03/17 | 500 | |
02/04/17 | 500 | |
02/05/17 | 500 | |
02/06/17 | 500 | |
02/07/17 | 500 | |
02/08/17 | 500 | |
02/09/17 | 600 | |
02/10/17 | 600 | |
02/11/17 | 600 | |
02/12/17 | 600 | |
02/13/17 | 700 | |
02/14/17 | 700 | |
02/15/17 | 700 | |
02/16/17 | 700 | |
02/17/17 | 800 | |
02/18/17 | 800 | |
02/19/17 | 800 | |
02/20/17 | 800 | |
02/21/17 | 900 | |
02/22/17 | 900 | |
02/23/17 | 900 | |
02/24/17 | 900 | |
02/25/17 | 950 | |
02/26/17 | 950 | |
02/27/17 | 975 | |
02/28/17 | 1000 |
As you can see, I’m very behind. And the 400+ words I did on the 1st are just a bunch of random scene’s revolving around Max’s younger brother, to be fair I wrote it in just a couple of hours. Anyway, thats how I’m planning on doing most of the first draft. Write a ton of scenes completely out of order, then string them together and see how it looks.
And anytime I have writers block I just go to WikiHow. Theres so much stuff on Wiki about writing/planning, its been invaluable to me lately. Here is a list of all the articles I’ve found useful-
- How to Get Started Writing a Book
- How to Write a Short Story
- How to Be a Decent Story Writer
- How to Be Successful at Writing
- How to Boost Your Writing Productivity
I’ll only do five for now, but these have been the most helpful thus far. Another way I help myself write is to listen to music. I actually have a playlist on my Kindle called writing, and another called Max. Some of my favorite songs to write to are-
Ain’t No Man by The Avett Brothers
As Long As I Have You by Dove Cameron
Bad Day by Daniel Powter
Cowboy Take Me Away by Dixie Chicks
Daydreamer by Adele
Difference Maker by Needtobreathe
Dream On by Aerosmith (Half my life is books, written pages…)
Family by TobyMac
Feel The Light by Jennifer Lopez
Foolish Games by Jewel (this is where I first got the inspiration for Max, many years ago)
The Greatest Sum by The Avett Brothers
Hello by Adele
Hey There Delilah by Plain White T’s
Hometown Glory by Adele
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Landslide by Dixie Chicks
The Last Goodbye by Billy Boyd
Laundry Room by The Avett Brothers
Mirror by BarlowGirl
Murder in the City by The Avett Brothers
Near You Always by Jewel
One More Round by BarlowGirl
Ramble On by Led Zeppelin
Rise Again by Needtobreathe
She Walked Away by BarlowGirl
True Love by Jordan Fisher
When The Rain Comes by Third Day
There, now ya’ll know whats being listened to behind the scenes of Lordofthetrekkies. Interesting assortment of things, isn’t it?
This is me down on my knees,
very interesting…I’m also writing, but I take long breaks (weeks or so) because I’m terrible at wanting to re-edit and re-revising…I’ll never finish if I keep going back to the same pages.
Good luck.
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Thanks, you too. 🙂
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