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Writing Progress

I’ve been making progress on my second draft that feels more like a rough draft.  Each day, I’ve set an alarm for an hour and I end up writing 1,100 words in that hour.  In the past week I’ve hit 9,000 words.

It’s been a week where I feel better about my writing.  I’m happy with the new outline.  It’s not super detailed, just a series of paragraphs of where I want the story to go.

What I’m thinking is that I need another writing partner or two.  Other writers and artists whom I can bounce ideas off of.  Someone who can hold me accountable.  Now that I’m writing more, there are other things that a writer’s partner would be useful for.

And with the writer’s partner, I would do whatever I can to help the needs of the writer’s parter.

It would be great to be able to hang out someone, a fellow artist, and just talk about stories.  I have a friend, a writer, I hang out with at the Cigar shop and that's great.  But it would be great to meet someone at a coffee shop.

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