{"id":5332,"date":"2012-05-23T12:41:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T12:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2021-07-30T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T22:00:07","slug":"incremental-progress-to-write-one-novel-or-screenplay-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/incremental-progress-to-write-one-novel-or-screenplay-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Incremental Progress to Write One Novel or Screenplay a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cory is co-parenting new father who writes at least a book per year, half-a-dozen columns a month, ten or more blog posts a day, plus assorted novellas and stories and speeches.<\/p>\n

Here is his take on incremental progress and he recommends:<\/p>\n

Short, regular work schedule<\/div>\n
When I’m working on a story or novel, I set a modest daily goal \u2014 usually a page or two \u2014 and then I meet it every day, doing nothing else while I’m working on it.<\/div>\n
Leave yourself a rough edge<\/div>\n
When you hit your daily word-goal, stop. Stop even if you’re in the middle of a sentence. Especially if you’re in the middle of a sentence. That way, when you sit down at the keyboard the next day, your first five or ten words are already ordained, so that you get a little push before you begin your work.<\/div>\n
Don’t research<\/div>\n
Researching isn’t writing and vice-versa. When you come to a factual matter that you could google in a matter of seconds, don’t. \u2026 type “TK” where your fact should go, as in “The Brooklyn bridge, all TK feet of it, sailed into the air like a kite.” “TK” appears in very few English words \u2026 so a quick search through your document for “TK” will tell you whether you have any fact-checking to do afterwards.<\/div>\n
Don’t be ceremonious<\/div>\n
Forget advice about finding the right atmosphere to coax your muse into the room. \u2026 You can put up with noise\/silence\/kids\/discomfort\/hunger for 20 minutes.<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/Features\/2009\/01\/cory-doctorow-writing-in-age-of.html<\/div>\n
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1. A short, regular work schedule<\/div>\n
When I’m working on a story or novel, I set a modest daily goal \u2014 usually a page or two \u2014 and then I meet it every day, doing nothing else while I’m working on it (for 20 minutes a day).<\/div>\n
.<\/span><\/div>\n
2. Leaving yourself a rough edge<\/div>\n
When you hit your daily word-goal, stop. Stop even if you’re in the middle of a sentence. Especially if you’re in the middle of a sentence. That way, when you sit down at the keyboard the next day, your first five or ten words are already ordained, so that you get a little push before you begin your work.<\/div>\n
.<\/span><\/div>\n
3. Don’t research<\/div>\n
Researching isn’t writing and vice-versa. When you come to a factual matter that you could google in a matter of seconds, don’t. \u2026 type “TK” where your fact should go, as in “The Brooklyn bridge, all TK feet of it, sailed into the air like a kite.” “TK” appears in very few English words \u2026 so a quick search through your document for “TK” will tell you whether you have any fact-checking to do afterwards.<\/div>\n
.<\/span><\/div>\n
4. Don’t be ceremonious<\/div>\n
Forget advice about finding the right atmosphere to coax your muse into the room. \u2026 You can put up with noise\/silence\/kids\/discomfort\/hunger for 20 minutes. (For those 20 minutes all you do is write and don’t all ANY distractions in.)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Read the full very interesting article here: \u00a0http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/Features\/2009\/01\/cory-doctorow-writing-in-age-of.html<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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