Writing progress

[heleninwales]

Today's writing task will be the same as yesterdays, i.e. to add more characters to the database I've set up. I'm on Book 3 of a trilogy and there's a fourth book as well which is linked and there's some character overlap, so I need some way to keep everything straight.

yWriter (the writing software I'm using) has a place where you can list characters, but I'm not finding it easy to search if I can't remember a character's name, and that's the thing I'm most likely to have forgotten. I'll be thinking, "What was the name of the new scullery maid Elen has taken on?" rather than, "Who is Mari?" I have therefore set up my own database and I'm copying and pasting in the information I exported from yWriter.

It's a tedious but necessary job and, as I opted for the activity pledge rather than word count, it means I'm keeping on track with the Get Your Words Out goal, currently 26/300.

Comments

[sartorias]

Data input and mapmaking are totally work!

[heleninwales]

That's the nice thing about the Get Your Words Out challenge. You can opt for word count or "do something to progress your WIPs". So writing planning notes, brainstorming plot details, notes on research, map making and revision all count.