SFD Week 6: Polishing with persistence
I’m thrilled to be at the six-week mark of this book project. The words have flowed so easily and I’m enjoying every minute at the page. This might be the most fun I’ve had while book writing yet!
We’re in the waning moon now so I’m intentionally focused on edits and will be until the next new moon (late on May 7 EDT). After that, I’ll switch back to doing some additional drafting.
📙 The rhythm looks like this:
2 weeks of SFD-ing (surrendered first draft writing) — and if you review the videos from earlier weeks, you’ll see how messy my drafts are. Ahem… messy and beautiful.
2 weeks of editing. First, a light touch. Think, quick, 15 minutes at a clip, and no thinking.
As a reminder, the book’s about:
Writing with the moon or nature’s rhythms. The actual title is TBD. It will be a guidebook to keep close as you create, reestablish, or deepen a writing habit.
I always recommend to my coaching clients that they write about what they know. I’ve been teaching my writing community and clients how to find writing flow with their menstrual cycles (if they have one) or the moon for a few years. Having hosted 29-day writing challenges a handful of times (and the next one starts next week — save $100 before Friday), the writing is coming easily.
Week 6 Writing Numbers:
⏰ Total writing time: 14h 51m
📅 Days writing: 30
💻 Word count: 19,253 (Down a little since I started editing. It’ll go back up after May 8)
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Today, I’ll show you behind the scenes of what one round of edits looks like on a couple of chapters.
You’ll see…
What some of my SFDs look like
How I’ve done a light structural edit on 4 chapters
How I’m flowing with the energy (not forcing) and will switch to writing again next week after editing for the past week
Specific tips for your writing to use TODAY, plus some writing prompts to spark momentum under today’s Aquarius moon
🎉 Normally, these videos are for paid subscribers and writing community members, but I’m sharing a peek with you for free today. Enjoy!
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🩵 Jacq
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Love all the in depth information that's coming through in your book, Jacq! Looking forward to reading it already!