It is odd, I damaged my wrist last week and it isn’t still up to speed but is getting better since I wear a split at night. Currently, I am writing with a splint on my left hand and spending most of my time on: school work, the website, reading, outlining, writing, and submissions to magazines… and having fun when it crops up. As such, the numbers for this progress report will be slim, because I am only writing when my wrists feel normal.
So, where am I and what am I doing? After a day of outlining, I have the rest of Tesla’s Travels outlined and it will be about seven more chapters. I say about, because I will split chapters up if they are too long. Personally, I am a fan of shorter chapters because it provides time for reflection on what was recently read. I find it more readable and – as a story teller – my job is to tell a story.
I joined a book club. The book that was initially chosen was As I Lay Dying (I am pushing for us to read Candide next). Unlike my friends, I have to video conference into the club because I am one hundred eighty miles away. At the same time, for my reading list, I am enjoying Welcome to the Monkey House by Vonnegut. While, I said I will never advertise on this website. I don’t believe discussing reading is an advertisement (because I never state my opinion or endorse them) but an important aspect of my progress because all writers should be constantly reading new and different things.
So here are the hard and fast numbers for Tesla’s Travels. Previous amount of words: 55,152. Current words: 60,147 Which means I wrote 4995 in the last two weeks with an injury. Not a record breaker, but I should be done with the rough draft in the next week depending on how my vacation time goes. Have a wonderful night, this guy has to thumbs and is going to bed.