In order to track my progress, I like to do a writing recap at the end of every month. Here’s how I did in April.
Last month I undertook two writing challenges, Camp NaNoWriMo and the A to Z blog challenge. One of my goals this year is to blog more often. While I knew 26 posts in one month would be a stretch, I decided to see how far I got. By the end of April, I’d done 18 of the 26 letters and was pretty happy with my posts. I also found a number of other bloggers I liked interacting with, both on Twitter and in blog comments. I plan to write and post the remaining letters (P through W) in May.
Camp NaNoWriMo presented a bigger problem. I couldn’t figure out what to work on. I usually do really well with writing during the April Camp NaNo session, but this year, it was one thing too many. I barely checked in with my cabin, and ended up counting 1,000 words for every day, to mark that I’d done something writing-related. So, in addition, to the blog posts, here are the projects I worked on:
When I write, I try to view the scene in my head as if it’s a movie. My first drafts tend to be spare, almost like scripts. Not in terms of format, but if there are scenes with multiple characters in them I focus on dialogue and blocking, or how the characters move around the space/stage. 
