Scheduling

It's BIAW time! Woo hoo! Boy, do I need it.

Recently, I've tried to get the family on a schedule, so that I can write *and* sleep. I love writing at night because I can focus solely on the words instead of a screaming three year old or a helpful husband quizzing me about what to fix for dinner or an inquisitive five year old playing twenty questions. I used to have a separate office to escape into, but now that my desk is in the living room I'm much more accessible to their every need. *g* Unless both kids are asleep and/or watching TV in separate rooms (and that doesn't happen often), it's difficult to focus on revisions.

On the flip side, new pages are a breeze for me to accumulate during the day since they're first draft material. I can plow through those on my Alphie and keep an eye out for hairpulling, biting, and jumping-on-the-furniture infractions. It's just scheduling in time for those darn revisions. In the past, I've revised as I've written so that it's a continual process. However as much as I love working at night, I can't function for long on only three or four hours of sleep. I skip over words thinking that I've already typed them. A lot. *ggg*

Unfortunately, the scheduling plan hasn't been very successful thus far. I'm going to have to schedule in all-nighters every so often and revise in larger chunks than I normally do. So, this week I'm downing caffeine and blasting through my revision pages at night. I'm layering in descriptions and subplots. One for my hero dealing with his insecurities and one for a character that was originally supposed to disappear. This secondary character undergoes a change and I'm setting up the next book for her. I'm really excited about the idea I have for her story and how the next segment of the family drama unfolds. The subplots definitely make the story stronger and more cohesive.

So goal wise, I've revised a total of 44 pages and have 156 left for my BIAW goal.