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I always see quotes, essays, and interviews as a burden. Other writers don’t seem to think so, and I could never figure out why, or rather why not. Yesterday I figured it out.
I don’t count the extra assignments in my daily page count. Why is that a problem?
Because I’ll do four or even twenty pages on a book, then four pages on a newsletter piece, or two pages on a blog, or five pages on an interview, and none of it subtracts a page from my page count. I can do ten pages extra, and I still don’t count it against the daily out put. It wasn’t book pages, or short story, so, somehow, it didn’t count for me.
Yesterday I got no pages done on the books, though I did call my friend Shawn and ask him some military research questions. So nice when your friends are ex-military and current cop. But I didn’t actually make progress on either book, so I started to count my page count as zero for the day. Which was sort of depressing, then I had a thought.
I went back to all the other things I’d done that day, and counted. I had five pages for the day. One page over my daily minimum. I had done one page of quote, by the time I was happy with it. I had done two pages of blog. I had done two pages of interview. Add it up, and it is pages for the day.
I’m finally giving myself credit for all the writing I do in a day, not just the book pages. I could say, about time, but I’ll try to be more positive. I’m learning. It’s all about learning from your oversights and doing better next time.