NaNo Day 5: 8381
That’s so far. It’s early yet, but my word count is on track for the month. I’ve even found a few paragraphs where I don’t hate this story — or at least my writing of it. LOL.
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NaNo Day 1
Off to a good start. 1325 words so far, and it’s early today. I’m going to have to bring my power cord to the coffee shop, though. I’m not getting as many hours as I used to from the battery. My battery is crashing fast.
Continue reading →Rounding the Bend
Less than three days before NaNo kicks off. I’m trying a new genre and will be operating mostly without internet while writing for the first time. In theory, this should be a good thing, right? Less distraction. But I’ll have to “make stuff up” more often. I won’t have that … Continue reading →
Fifth Grade Fights
It dawned upon me yesterday while reviewing How to Think Sideways materials that my Muse and I are at about the fifth grade level. Back in fifth grade, there were lots of schoolyard fights — usually about stupid stuff. In an earlier lesson, we were to generate three story ideas … Continue reading →
New Acquaintances and Old Friends
This has been an exciting week at Rantings and Ravings. Two new acquaintances from How to Think Sideways dropped in to say hello, and an old friend from Air Force technical training 28 years ago showed up to touch base. Cathy, Texanne, and Kim — thanks for stopping in and … Continue reading →
So. What’s New?
On my end? Probably not a lot. I’m still reading. I’m beginning Holly Lisle’s How to Think Sideways: Career Survival School for Writers at a beta student. I’ll be working that (requires a new project — oh darn) along with planning the Twilight rewrite. I do plan to incorporate what … Continue reading →
Twilight Analysis
While listening to my husband’s band rehearse this afternoon, I pulled out my Twilight spreadsheet and my critique notes and began looking for how I can revise it. I’m slowly getting more comfortable with some ideas, and I’m looking for ways I can maintain the book’s uniqueness as well as … Continue reading →
Outline Spreadsheet Done
I finished putting the Twilight outline into the spreadsheet today. Now I can begin analyzing it with rewrite in mind. Just for fun, here are some of the stats from the spreadsheet: Word Count: 84455 Chapters: 26 Total Scenes: 74 Average word count per chapter: 991 (definitely not evenly spread) … Continue reading →
Revision Work
I’m slowly getting back to some semblance of being able to say I’m working on writing. I’ve been so distracted by Real Life issues (none negative, but all time and attention-consuming). Which brings me to Twilight. I received a tremendously helpful critique by TECH a few months ago. Tech, I … Continue reading →
Prepping for Retirement
I have a little less than two months until I’m retired. Between now and then, I’m getting a lot of things wrapped up. I’m also planning what my retired schedule should be. Obviously, it will be likely to undergo revisions as I get settled in. I have the following priorities: … Continue reading →