I finished Week 3 of HTRYN last night. That means I’m ready to start Week 4. Week 4 involves spreading my index cards out and categorizing them as PLOT, SUBPLOT, and NOTPLOT (all those scenes that went WAAAAY off the reservation, so to speak). This should be kind of fun.
Continue reading →I’m just getting started on this challenging lesson, but I think I’m getting the hang of it. I’m on page 11 (of 320) and just found my first unintended promise for the book. There may have been some earlier than this, but I don’t think so. If anything, I’ve bludgeoned … Continue reading →
As part of Lesson 2, I need to evaluate my characters to make sure they’re being all they can be. I was thinking no big deal, I only have two characters. Piece of cake. Um. No. I have two point of view characters. I think I found all the others, … Continue reading →
Finally. I’ve finished the Week 1 lesson. I started at the beginning of December and just finished. The only worksheet I don’t think I filled out well was the “Where did you like your story” sheet. And I missed it because I got caught up in reading the story and … Continue reading →
The end for this week’s lesson (six-seven, eight weeks into it) is in sight! Less than fifty pages to go. One thing is recurring — cool as the idea of polar bears the world over using Panasonic ToughBooks to communicate may be, I’ve come to believe it’s not workable for … Continue reading →
I’m not sure how many weeks I’ve been on this week’s lesson now, but I’m still plugging along. I’m on page 240 of 320. Have I mentioned I really like this bear? I know Week 2 is on promises, and I see a few places where I’ll be making notes … Continue reading →
2009 has been an interesting year. It’s my first full year of retirement. There’s still no time for boredom. We experienced some sadness. My paternal grandmother died in February — complications of old age. She was my favorite grandmother when I was younger — she was a kid’s grandmother. She … Continue reading →
I’m in the third week of Week 1 of How To Revise Your Novel. Yeah, I’m slow. You shouldn’t be surprised to learn that I’m reading the manuscript. I’m doing so with five worksheets to fill out as I read. I was finding some things that didn’t fit the worksheets, … Continue reading →
While on vacation in October, I inadvertently deleted my saved wireless connection for the San Antonio house. This is the first time I’ve been back here since September, so I’m attempting to re-establish the connection. It says it’s working, but for some reason, I’m not able to get past the … Continue reading →
I knew you were wondering. You weren’t? Then I know you’re not reading this, so I’m going to tell you anyway. NaNo 2009 is done and won. Check. (It doesn’t matter that I produced the singularly worst writing I think I’ve ever done. I may have gotten enough character development … Continue reading →