I credit the First Draft in 30 Days method with helping me get my novels onto paper. But! I write at my own pace. No word count goals or journals of word counts (unless I just want to see how much I've written).
The part that works for me is the outline. Once I have that outline, the first draft comes. Sure, I change the outline as I go and "new things" happen/pop up/etc. while the characters move through the story. To me, the outline is "liquid" and change to fit whatever mold I tell it to. But, boy without the outline, I would be writing myself into corners everyday!
Of course, each of us has to write in the manner that makes US efficient. Obviously, that method made you very inefficient (even if only in your own eyes). Having an outline makes my writing efficient. Having to write a specific number of words everyday makes you inefficient.
Congratulations on finding YOUR method. Keep going!
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Date: 2007-09-06 06:20 am (UTC)The part that works for me is the outline. Once I have that outline, the first draft comes. Sure, I change the outline as I go and "new things" happen/pop up/etc. while the characters move through the story. To me, the outline is "liquid" and change to fit whatever mold I tell it to. But, boy without the outline, I would be writing myself into corners everyday!
Of course, each of us has to write in the manner that makes US efficient. Obviously, that method made you very inefficient (even if only in your own eyes). Having an outline makes my writing efficient. Having to write a specific number of words everyday makes you inefficient.
Congratulations on finding YOUR method. Keep going!