{"id":1192,"date":"2012-06-28T19:48:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T19:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamsvillecomic.com\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2016-07-21T23:53:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T03:53:40","slug":"managing-the-crunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/managing-the-crunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing The Crunch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Download: Comics Production Spreadsheet<\/a><\/p>\n

It. Is. Crunch TIME! I am in the final two months of work left on book 1 and things are getting intense. I am basically doubling up all effort to be finished by the end of August. And that is a daunting thing.<\/p>\n

For months now I have been doing a series of math problems based around the steps needed to finish my book and keep things manageable. The problems is everything would shift, or I would miss a day and then everything was thrown off and I couldn’t keep it all set in my head.<\/p>\n

Then in the recent Making Comics interview<\/a> with Kazu Kibuishi<\/a> he mentioned how they had effectively managed this all themselves through using a spreadsheet and it would hold them accountable. I was really interested in this since I was already trying to do it and failing. Turns out a lot of my comics\u00a0friends had the same reaction and we all started talking about it. After gleening from Kazu the basic idea of it, I set out to make my own version. I had my own set of goals in mind and thought how can I make this useful for others as well. So I mocked up a version of what I was looking to make and sent it to my buddy Chris Wharton<\/a> and he worked his magic and made it a very nice and user friendly tool for everyone. ANDDDD we wanted to share it with you all!<\/p>\n

Already it has been a huge benefit in just a few days. It helped me realize that I actually can have weekends off and enjoy some down time. While the workload is still really heavy it makes the crunch feel more like a video game and really helps you see the long term effects of today’s decision on your reaching your goal.<\/p>\n

I hope it helps you all as much as it has for me…<\/p>\n

Well, back to plugging away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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