TDKR: One Rule Metrics 11

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 1449
Prologue total: 708
Chapter One total: 2303
Chapter Two total: 3364
Chapter Three total: 3698
Chapter Four total: 2619
Chapter Five total: 2725
Chapter Six total: 3613
Chapter Seven total: 2208
Chapter Eight total: 5048
Chapter Nine total: 1403
Chapter Ten total: 2475
Chapter Eleven total: 2270
Total words for first draft: 32,426
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Finished typing Chapter Eleven, but haven't finished the rewrite on Chapter Seventeen.
Fave line: "I'm so concussed right now, I'm not sure what my emotional state is."
What Else I Accomplished Today: Pissed off my mother, disappointed my friends when they need my emotional support. At least they forgive me; Mom will probably let it go by Christmas even though she gets what she wants. And this is why I hate trying to make any kind of plans. I always ended up pissing everyone off and fucked for it.
What I'm looking forward to: Fixing Chapter Seventeen.
What I'm not looking forward to: The garage sale, Tunica trip, I don't even know I will get to Lafayette this month. I should take my week off and disappear.

TDKR: One Rule Metrics 10

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 821
Prologue total: 708
Chapter One total: 2303
Chapter Two total: 3364
Chapter Three total: 3698
Chapter Four total: 2619
Chapter Five total: 2725
Chapter Six total: 3613
Chapter Seven total: 2208
Chapter Eight total: 5048
Chapter Nine total: 1403
Chapter Ten total: 2475
Chapter Eleven total: 821
Total words for first draft: 30,977
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: I had a brainwave when going to bed, so I need to rewrite the second half of Chapter Seventeen. Chapter Eleven is in the countdown to the kickoff for Bane's surprise party from hell.
Fave line: "Seriously, Wayne?"
What Else I Accomplished Today: Mom hired me to help clean out the enclosed garage Saturday and to run the eventual garage sale. So I didn't get as much writing done as I would have liked this weekend, but the garage is in much better shape.
What I'm looking forward to: Fixing Chapter Seventeen.
What I'm not looking forward to: The garage sale and trying to plan the month of October so everyone is happy (except probably me, who really just wants to not bother with ANY of it).

Forget the Sun Metrics 38

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 861
Chapter One total: 2111
Chapter Two total: 879
Chapter Three total: 1647
Chapter Four total: 773
Chapter Five total: 1317
Chapter Six total: 1719
Chapter Seven total: 1436
Chapter Eight total: 1178
Chapter Nine total: 969
Chapter Ten total: 1313
Chapter Eleven total: 1382
Chapter Twelve total: 945
Chapter Thirteen total: 1417
Chapter Fourteen total: 861
Total words for the first draft: 17,947
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Hit the first plot point. It's a quiet point, but I don't think I'll need to change it in the next draft.
Fave line: "She gets her brains from me."
What Else I Accomplished Today: Not much, it's been steadily quiet in real life, which gives me time to work. So leave me alone. ;)
What I'm looking forward to: Haven, most undoubtedly Haven. I suppose since I've decided to give the new season of Once Upon a Time a chance so I'll put it here for now. (Seriously, Cora killed off all my interest in the show. I couldn't even rally a ding-dong the witch is dead when she finally croaked.)
What I'm not looking forward to: Deciding what to have for supper tonight. Either beef stew or chicken filets with duck sauce.

Security Guard forever

http://home.comcast.net/~shadowpeopleorg/Stories/guard.html This ghost tickles my fancy. I have no idea what to do with him, but something is there.

Forget the Sun Metrics 37

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 1417
Chapter One total: 2111
Chapter Two total: 879
Chapter Three total: 1647
Chapter Four total: 773
Chapter Five total: 1317
Chapter Six total: 1719
Chapter Seven total: 1436
Chapter Eight total: 1178
Chapter Nine total: 969
Chapter Ten total: 1313
Chapter Eleven total: 1382
Chapter Twelve total: 945
Chapter Thirteen total: 1417
Total words for the first draft: 17,086
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Revealed more of Sagara's minions and the history Ferris has with them.
Fave line: "Badass? Me? That's how I'm being described?"
What Else I Accomplished Today: I stayed awake! Given how zombie-brain dead I feel right now, this is a bigger accomplishment than anyone will ever give me credit for.
What I'm looking forward to: Coulson LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!! Luckily at 7pm, so I can go to bed on time tonight.
What I'm not looking forward to: Stopping for gas on the way home. I hope it doesn't rain on me.

TDKR Weapon of the Shadows Metrics 5

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 591
Total words for first draft: 23,224
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Everybody is on their way back to Gotham.
Fave line: "I'll be there with heels on. You tell that son of a bitch—"
What Else I Accomplished Today: Enjoyed the fruits of my Sunday cooking orgy and enjoyed a clean-ish kitchen.
What I'm looking forward to: CASTLE!!!!!!! And Agents of SHIELD tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Coulson lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I'm not looking forward to: Brain-dead zombie time tomorrow.

TDKR: One Rule Metrics 9

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 2475
Prologue total: 708
Chapter One total: 2303
Chapter Two total: 3364
Chapter Three total: 3698
Chapter Four total: 2619
Chapter Five total: 2725
Chapter Six total: 3613
Chapter Seven total: 2208
Chapter Eight total: 5048
Chapter Nine total: 1403
Chapter Ten total: 2475
Total words for first draft: 30,156
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: I spent all week on handwriting Chapter Sixteen (I really don't understand it unless it was residual money stress), so I decided to type Chapter Ten while dealing with the dishwasher today. So I have accomplished getting the good guys to their lowest point.
Fave line: "Only dislocated?"
What Else I Accomplished Today: Grocery shopping and a clean kitchen! And tomorrow I cook meals for the week.
What I'm looking forward to: Working on the other two stories tomorrow.
What I'm not looking forward to: More rain. I know we need it, but the whole weekend?

TDKR: One Rule Metrics 8

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 1403
Prologue total: 708
Chapter One total: 2303
Chapter Two total: 3364
Chapter Three total: 3698
Chapter Four total: 2619
Chapter Five total: 2725
Chapter Six total: 3613
Chapter Seven total: 2208
Chapter Eight total: 5048
Chapter Nine total: 1403
Total words for first draft: 27,681
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Bane broke the Bat. (Though actually it's only a spinal dislocation and comic book writers should bother with a spot of research when they have bright ideas like Knightfall. Now that is over, I can focus on aftermath stuff.
Fave line: "There's nothing up here but Daggett's thief!"
What Else I Accomplished Today: Well, I didn't get any writing done this weekend, because I was too busy trying to figure out what went wrong with my finances. TL;DR explanation: I'm not ready to go on autopilot with them, unless the autopilot is AI like Jervis from Iron Man.
What I'm looking forward to: I think I better stop looking forward to comments. They've dried up.
What I'm not looking forward to: Scheduling my weekends for the next two months when nobody else sees why I MUST schedule that far in advance. It's so I have some bloody time to myself without you non-planning twits feeling left out or unloved or unappreciated. GRRRR!

TDKR Weapon of the Shadows Metrics 4

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 710
Total words for first draft: 22,633
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Bruce and Cassandra have successfully completed the shopping trip without bloody mayhem.
Fave line: You could say she is a connoisseur of jewelry.
What Else I Accomplished Today: I'm slowly cleaning out my email inbox.
What I'm looking forward to: Cassandra's birth father reappears in their lives.
What I'm not looking forward to: Making myself do more chores tonight.

TDKR Weapon of the Shadows Metrics 3

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 358
Total words for first draft: 21,923
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: The scene I had to handwrite today is probably the shortest in the whole story, so I found myself typing much earlier than anticipated. Meanwhile Bruce has had an idea that will probably backfire on him horribly.
Fave line: "Who are you and what did you do with my Bruce?"
What Else I Accomplished Today: Listened to the President's speech on Syria. I hope it works out so we don't fire missiles at people.
What I'm looking forward to: Cassandra's birth father reappears in their lives.
What I'm not looking forward to: Making myself do more chores tomorrow.

TDKR: One Rule Metrics 7

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 1086
Prologue total: 708
Chapter One total: 2303
Chapter Two total: 3364
Chapter Three total: 3698
Chapter Four total: 2619
Chapter Five total: 2725
Chapter Six total: 3613
Chapter Seven total: 2208
Chapter Eight total: 5048
Total words for first draft: 26,277
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Finished typing the longest chapter so far. No wonder it felt like a slogfest last week.
Fave line: "We both had to run, you pig-headed, altruistic martyr!"
What Else I Accomplished Today: It's Tuesday, I feel like I accomplished something just by getting out of bed.
What I'm looking forward to: Readers better howl over Chapter Eight. There are twelve chapters to get through before the second sex scene. :p
What I'm not looking forward to: Scheduling my weekends for the next two months.

TDKR: One Rule Metrics 6

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 1246
Prologue total: 708
Chapter One total: 2303
Chapter Two total: 3364
Chapter Three total: 3698
Chapter Four total: 2619
Chapter Five total: 2725
Chapter Six total: 3613
Chapter Seven total: 2208
Chapter Eight total: 3961
Total words for first draft: 25,191
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Chapter Fifteen has a retelling of Batman Begins as a fairy tale, and while it may need some more dialogue tags, I'm pretty proud of it. And I'm at the point in typing Chapter Eight, where I think it would be faster to have the actors film it.
Fave line: "There's a mad man with an army who wants to kill both of us. Lover, you aren't moving fast enough."
What Else I Accomplished Today: Shrimp stir-fry for supper, and going to bed on time.
What I'm looking forward to: Readers better howl over Chapter Eight. There are twelve chapters to get through before the second sex scene. :p
What I'm not looking forward to: Scheduling my weekends for the next two months.

Forget the Sun Metrics 36

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 159
Chapter One total: 2111
Chapter Two total: 879
Chapter Three total: 1647
Chapter Four total: 773
Chapter Five total: 1317
Chapter Six total: 1719
Chapter Seven total: 1436
Chapter Eight total: 1178
Chapter Nine total: 969
Chapter Ten total: 1313
Chapter Eleven total: 1382
Chapter Twelve total: 945
Total words for the first draft: 15,669
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Finished Chapter Twelve and feel that I'm skimping on description. Named three of the unnamed vampires.
Fave line: The shadows closed behind him.
What Else I Accomplished Today: One load of laundry and breakfast so far.
What I'm looking forward to: Getting a whole lot of writing done this weekend.
What I'm not looking forward to: Dentist. No phobias, just annoyed it's a time sink in my day. And none of the current projects are very portable.

Forget the Sun Metrics 35

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 804
Chapter One total: 2111
Chapter Two total: 879
Chapter Three total: 1647
Chapter Four total: 773
Chapter Five total: 1317
Chapter Six total: 1719
Chapter Seven total: 1436
Chapter Eight total: 1178
Chapter Nine total: 969
Chapter Ten total: 1313
Chapter Eleven total: 1382
Chapter Twelve total: 786
Total words for the first draft: 15,510
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Got into the first confrontation with the bad guys. Also reached the point where the characters I have been referring to as Unnamed Vampire Number actually need names.
Fave line: Dhghem survival did not matter to that ilk of drinkers. – I found a d-word that refers to humans! It's proto-Indo-European, which makes it even better for my theme. I might be told it's a stupid theme and have to edit it out later, but right now is green!
What Else I Accomplished Today: I forgot about starting a load of laundry when I got home today, so I'll have to start a load before I go to the dentist tomorrow. And my kitchen light has developed a new quirk. Usually it won't turn on or makes weird I-might-explode cackles when I'm pulling the string that controls it. Tonight it didn't want to shut off, no matter how many times I pulled the string.
What I'm looking forward to: Finish typing this chapter and actually getting a whole lot of writing done this weekend.
What I'm not looking forward to: Dentist. No phobias, just annoyed it's a time sink in my day. And none of the current projects are very portable.

TDKR Weapon of the Shadows Metrics 2

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 1332
Total words for first draft: 21,565
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Typed up Part Three's first scene according to the beat sheet. My publishing format will probably make this the closing scene of the second part of the story.
Fave line: She always had to pin Father to the ground before kissing his cheek and then run away before he hit her.
What Else I Accomplished Today: Spent my entire paycheck before I got it. Wow.
What I'm looking forward to: Cassandra's birth father reappears in their lives.
What I'm not looking forward to: Dental appointment Saturday.

2013 Fiction Word Count Week 35

Progress Bar from Writertopia

TDKR: One Rule Metrics 5

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 3788
Prologue total: 708
Chapter One total: 2303
Chapter Two total: 3364
Chapter Three total: 3698
Chapter Four total: 2619
Chapter Five total: 2725
Chapter Six total: 3613
Chapter Seven total: 2208
Chapter Eight total: 2715
Total words for first draft: 23,945
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: After two days of typing and not reaching the end of the handwritten Chapter Seven, I realized I needed to break the chapter. So I have about half a Chapter Eight typed for next week.
Fave line: "You need someone around to drop you on your ass."
What Else I Accomplished Today: Monthly chiropractic visit and a belly full of fried mushrooms.
What I'm looking forward to: Reader howls over Chapter Seven.
What I'm not looking forward to: Dental appointment Saturday.

TDKR: One Rule Metrics 4

Progress Bar from Writertopia

METRICS
New Words: 1127
Prologue total: 708
Chapter One total: 2303
Chapter Two total: 3364
Chapter Three total: 3698
Chapter Four total: 2619
Chapter Five total: 2725
Chapter Six total: 3613
Chapter Seven total: 1127
Total words for first draft: 20,157
What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Finally finished longhand Chapter 13. It changed direction on me while I was in the middle of it, but the final result is better. Typing Chapter Seven, Bruce takes Miranda out on a date. This section I'm worried about because Miranda is supposed to be channeling Rachel and I'm not sure if it's coming across. Her hints to her true identity, those are fine.
Fave line: "I'll be sick of that phrase before this whole mess is cleaned up. I have enough money to take you out, if you're not too busy. And if we go to the Ocelot or Puccio's, they should remember I still own them."
What Else I Accomplished Today: My house looks like a talcum powder bottle exploded all over it. I spread dichotomous earth to deal with the stupid fleas so I wouldn't accidentally poison me or my cat. I expected something grainy, not flour-like consistency. And at the rate it got over everything, I'm glad it's non-toxic.
What I'm looking forward to: Reader howls over Chapter Seven.
What I'm not looking forward to: Dental appointment Saturday.