Radical Journey

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First, create an outline. Write down the gist of the overarching story plot. Then divide it up by books, and then by chapters per book, so each one has a chunk you think will produce a reasonable amount of words for said book/chapter.

Next, set aside a little time every day so that you can write, and then read the plot for the chapter you're working on and... write.

Thanks for the advice Shannon, but honestly outlines are not my problem. In the time it takes most people to go to the bathroom I can knock out an excruciatingly detailed 5 book series outline with chapter breakdowns. My problem is I only ever write outlines.

With my current writing project I'm intentionally avoiding outlines so I don't get caught up in that trap/avoidance behaviour of outlines. The point of this thing is just to get into the habit of getting the words out. Once I've got that habit set/that muscle wakened out of atrophy, I've got Steve Manning's How to write a book in 14 Days, which is prop full of really solid helpful information. Structurally I'm aiming for 3200 words a chapter, 20-24 chapters in total. I don't even have an eye on publishing this thing because I'm pretty sure that I'm going to cross a content line in about 5 chapters that would make it unpublishable.

But your writing sub's are on my wish list and I'll get them when the opportunity presents itself.

Day 11

Friday the 13th. What if today was the luckiest day of my life?

Writing wise I finished Chapter 1 last night and noted all the beats I want to hit in Chapter 2.

I've increased the volume a little of the sub when played at night. Can't really think of anything else worth noting here.

Have a good weekend everybody. I'll be back (lurking in the background) on Monday.