https://escapewindow.com/tags/archer/ Recent content in archer on Escape(Window) Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-08-01-july-in-writing/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-08-01-july-in-writing/ July was a trainwreck. I had planned to finish my first draft by the 20th. Instead, I slowed down and even stopped my progress due to a confluence of issues. I’m barely past my end-of-June word count at the end of July. I’m hoping this is a blip. My plan for August is to finish the damned thing. And start the 2nd draft. Archer We had to put Archer down on the 14th, five months after his initial cancer diagnosis. https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-07-13-restarting-the-3rd-pov/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-07-13-restarting-the-3rd-pov/ The past week, most of our energy and attention has gone towards keeping Archer comfortable and happy. That, combined with some other things, insomnia, worry, and the lack of an outline that I believe in, meant writing was my 4th priority that I kept skimping on. I did manage to rethink the new 3rd POV structure and outline, but I haven’t had the energy or focus to get all of those thoughts concrete in writing. https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-07-01-june-in-writing/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-07-01-june-in-writing/ In June, I finished writing the first draft of the 2nd POV character’s arc, and started on the 3rd and final POV character. I’ve written 77 of 97 outlined scenes; 41 1/2 of 48 outlined chapters. I averaged a little over a scene per day. At my current pace I will finish up the first draft by ~July 20. 2nd POV lessons The story was a little too disjointed in the second POV. https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-03-01-february-in-writing/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-03-01-february-in-writing/ I largely spent the first half of February continuing to garden my Obsidian project, and the second half delving into outlining books 1 and 2 of the trilogy. I’m readjusting my time estimates: ideally I finish the scene weave of all 3 books by the end of March or early April, and I can switch to drafting. Stats My Obsidian project now looks like: Manuscript markdown files: 11 Manuscript words: 5875 Total markdown files: 314 Total words: 103785 I wrote a python script that discards symbol-only words (like # or ## from markdown headers or - from markdown lists) from the wordcount. https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-02-28-archer/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2023-02-28-archer/ A number of weeks ago, Archer hurt his leg while walking on ice. We took him to the vet, who didn’t find anything concerning… maybe a soft tissue injury that would clear up on its own. But it got worse, and he was limping along on three legs, holding his left hind leg up to avoid putting any weight on it. A couple weeks ago (Valentine’s Day?) we took him back to the vet for some more thorough tests.