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Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad; whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.
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Method of Madness: How do you tackle your WIPs?

6/23/2010

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Method of Madness #1: How do you tackle your WIPs?

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Everyone's got their own pace, preference and method of working. I'm just curious to know how you go about it.

At the moment I have 2 main projects. My serialized audio zombie novel and my short stories.
I usually set up a writing schedule a week ahead. Evenings after work are often split up for both the book and whatever story I'm working on at the moment. Days off are usually saved for longer writing sessions. I usually spend 5-6 hours on a day off juggling both, sometimes bouncing from the novel to a shorter work - it keeps he material fresh for me that way.

I prefer to batch similar tasks together. I have a white board that I use to jot down my to do list. I helps to visualize everything. That or write it down on post it notes and tack it up where I can see it. It's also easier to shuffle i around and reorder it this way.

It looks something like this:
Web -> Design = need font, stock image
                       = update site, analyze traffic
Offline = Work on chap. 2, edit story, rewrite blog post
Podcast = record initial read, overdub, edit

I don't always get it all done but I do make a significant progress when I apply this method.

Your turn: Care to share any tricks/tips/techniques? Don't be shy, leave a comment.
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A. R. Braun link
6/26/2010 08:00:32 am

I drag my ass out of bed at nine a.m., hopefully, and take a bath. On the computer at ten. I play some speed-metal or death metal--on low so as not to distract me--and fly by the seat of my pants, but not writing so fast I don't slow down sometimes so the description flows. Then I quit at noon and go from desktop to laptop, tweet on Twitter and status and mood on Facebook, check all my email, network and promote while I eat lunch. This usually takes till 2 or 3 p.m. Then I proofread novels or short stories or fix and proof if I've gotten critiques. Then I quit at five, eat supper by the TV and read till midnight, including grammar and syntax study. Have no blackboard. I keep it in my head.

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