Writing to a schedule can be the mother of invention. It can also be the mother of a whole lot of panic.
Let's start with what happens when your cush time vanishes into the ether and what to do about it.
- Plan well.
When you first give yourself a crazy deadline (they are all crazy), make sure you can meet it. Be realistic about how long it takes to create the amount of material you're promising. - Leave cush.
In this case, I got started and ready to go with ten days cush. That's generally more than enough for me considering I'm aiming for a little over 1,000 words per Wednesday update. - Don't freak out.
Life happens. Sometimes, cush time becomes nonexistent due to unavoidable circumstances. Breathe deeply. - Make a decision.
Quality or quantity. Always be punctual or always provide the best quality you know you have in you (or better). Personally, I prefer quality. So does my beta. - Live with that decision.
That all said, Summerlight will be updated sometime this week, but not today. Remarkably, I'm okay with that.
I had the same issue with my blog post for today. Since I prefer not to just throw words up on my blog to make my deadline, I went for a mea culpa and an open thread.
Sooo, about Summerlight. Are you planning to the put the whole novel up in a series of blog posts? Any plans for getting it into an e-book format? Because, much as I'd LOVE to read your story, I cannot focus on fiction on the 'puter screen. I'd like to have a way to load it onto my Kindle and read a big chunk of it in one go (I am also not good with serialized fiction, it appears).
I figured I would put into e-book after I got enough. But now that you mention it, I could probably take each completed chapter (about 4 posts) and make a downloadable PDF or ePUB. Hmm... But that's still serialized. :still thinking:
I can deal with a chapter at a time. It's mainly reading fiction on the computer screen (unless I'm doing to for work) that's the issue.
Up to you. 🙂
Thank you for the feedback! Will ponder this. 🙂