Writing in Public - Year 1, Month 5, Days 20-26

My adoption of Dean Wesley Smith's Writing in Public challenge continues.

This week, the only writing I did was journaling on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.  (3815 words total)

I did a beer review on Saturday for Columbus Beer Scene (449 words) and a post for this site on Monday (392 words).

I did no opening line practice, no significant brainstorming on any of the stories, etc.

I'm a bit disappointed to say that any free time the rest of the week was spent playing the GTA V game on my PC.  That's something I'm going to need to watch in the future, as I couldn't let this kind of thing take me offline for a week if I was earning my living as a writer.

Here are my notes from this week:

• What Didn't Happen and What I Can Improve for Next Week:
• Finish the Douglas Adams post series
• Finish The Mimas Object story on ASL Series Blog
• 10 Opening Lines, 1 paragraph, 1 page
• Worldbuilding in the Immortality universe
• Brainstorming in the Technology story
• Biggest Outcomes I Want for the Next Period:
• See above.

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THIS WEEK'S WORD COUNTS

• Columbus Beer Scene: 449 words
• Journal: 3,815 words
• This Blog: 493 words
• Opening Lines: 0 words

TOTAL WORDS FOR THIS WEEK: 4,656 words (avg. 665.1 per day)

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APRIL 2015 WORD COUNTS

Novels:

• Fully Invested: 0 words (notes and backstory)
• The Alliance (series): 0 words
• ASL - The Ark: 0 words
• Alien Love Story: 0 words
• Driven To Kill: 0 words
• Local Gods: 0 words
• The Black Eagles: 0 words
• The Old Hotel: 0 words
• Thief of Police: 0 words
• Immortality Story: 0 words
• Technology Story: 106 words

Short Stories:

• The Mimas Object (a story in the Alliance universe): 4,019 words

Non-Fiction:

• Introduction to Application Repackaging: 0 words
• Troubleshooting Windows Applications: 0 words
• Amazon Product Reviews:  0 words

Blogging and Journaling:

• Alliance for Sentient Lifeforms (ASL): 4,083 words
• Begin Brewing: 0 words
• Columbus Beer Scene:  2,448 words
• How to Write Fiction: 2,547 words
• Introduction to Application Repackaging: 0 words
• Windows Desktop Administration: 7,858 words
• This Blog: 7,206 words
• Guest Posts for Other Blogs: 0 words
• Comments on Other Blogs: 1,038 words
• Journaling:  10,974 words

Opening Lines, Paragraphs, Pages:

• Opening Lines Written: 24 lines (792 words)
• Opening Paragraphs Written: 10
• Opening Pages Written: 1

APRIL 2015 - TOTAL WORDS: 41,071 (avg. 1,579.7 per day)

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CHALLENGE - YEAR TO DATE RESULTS:

Record Word Counts:

• Day:  8,693 (March 29, 2015)
• Week:  20,589 (April 6-13, 2015)
• Month: 56,486 (March 2015)

Month of Challenge	Words Written	Days	Words/Day
December 2014	20,754	31	669.5
January 2015	16,018	31	516.7
February 2015	47,660	28	1702.1
March 2015	56,486	31	1822.1
April 2015	41,071	26	1579.7
TOTAL WORDS	181,989	148
Avg. Words per Day	1,229.7