Sunday check-in
Make sure you head over to Sven’s place if you’re participating in the challenge and let us know your progress!
You know, math has never been my thing - I just don’t think in math terms. I think in, OMG, I want to write the entire book today, terms. Which is what can really screw you up.
Sharon/Maya have talked about this before. In a way, binge writing is awesome - when the writing is actually coming along. When you’re in those periods of, well, rest, the guilt of not writing is very stressful, especially when you’re on multiple deadlines and things are due.
I know I’ve talked about this before, but I do think that even when a binge writer isn’t writing, she’s writing. Planning. It’s all going on inside her head - she’s giving her brain a chance to recharge, to form what’s going to go on paper next, whether consciously or not.
But it makes things like reporting in for the Sven check-in difficult. How much did I write this week? Well, Larissa and I are halfway or more through Seduced By The Storm revisions, and I know I rewrote / wrote many new scenes for that. That alone probably took care of my daily word count. But I also worked on Nick’s book - I have at least ten longhand pages or more to type in. Plus pages of just free thinking notes.
Long story short, I have no idea how much I wrote this week. 
Steph T.
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Even as much as you and I have talked about our binge writing, I SO needed to see this today. I hate that guilt of when I’m not writing (nevermind that I might have just come off writing an obscene amount of pages in a short time)
But you’re so right about still writing even when I’m not. I’m contantly thinking about what I’m going to be writing, letting scenes unfold in my head, imagining tidbits of dialogue etc.
Sometimes I have to stop writing to let my brain catch up
October 24th, 2007 at 10:35 am
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October 25th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Oh gosh I never think in math terms either. In fact I think I’m allergic to math. Just thinking about it makes my skin itch. LOL
Well sounds like you’re writing a lot even though you don’t know exactly how much! Yay!!
And you’re right, I’m a bit of a binge writer and when I’m not writing and feeling guilty about it, I am always thinking about “the book.” My mind is always filled with characters. I sometimes wonder if I’m nuts.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:48 am
I do binge write. I get on a roll and then I sit down to write and… I’ve got nothin.
I’m still creating in my head, rethinking a scene, thinking about where it needs a bit more of this or less of that. That part doesn’t really help the word count though.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Math is a four letter word.
Even when I’m not writing (which is the usual around here), I am constantly going over the book in my head. The characters won’t leave me alone, even when I try my damndest to ignore them.
November 7th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Hey, hot blog action here, sounds good, i might have to get a few copies of your stuff for my girlfriend.