Comments on: A girl wakes up naked…

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:23:47 +0000

I downloaded Liquid Story Binder and took all my docs that were scattered all over the place and put them all into one book (My POW). So, I think I did about 500 words today. My total now for the book is at 7800. Still trying to figure out how this tool works, but I thought the best way was to jump right in. I thought I would be all over the storyboards, especially after Holly’s plotting course, but today I spent most of my time on the outlines.

I didn’t feel well this morning, so I called in sick to work, but after a couple hours of writing, I felt a lot better.

1/10th of the way to my goal!

By: Lisa R

Lisa R — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:20:12 +0000

No writing in the last three days because I went to a retreat. I was very blown away on the first day. This last summer I wrote a short story that I am letting percolate. Well, that and I haven’t taken the time to edit. Anyway, I lived a five minute part of the story. Now when I edit this part of the story, I know exactly how I want it to be. This is one of the fun parts of writing!

By: Gary Townsend (a.k.a. G D Townshende)

Gary Townsend (a.k.a. G D Townshende) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:32:04 +0000

Yesterday, 1499 words. Today, 1353 words. For a total of 6798 thus far in this short story. Looks like it might go a little longer than the planned 7500, but I don’t think it’ll be too much longer. Still, this is just the first draft. Even if it goes to 8000, following the Algis Budrys rule cited by Stephen King, second draft = first draft – 10%, and that would reduce it to at least 7200.

I’m still on course to accomplish my goal of having it finished by no later than this Wednesday.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:38:12 +0000

Ah ha! That’s what those square brackets are for! That sounds like a great idea. Thanks for helping me become unstuck.
Oh, and I’m at 3,163 words.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:16:45 +0000

That’s where I find square brackets useful. I write the scene the way I want it, realistic or not, and then put [whatever needs to be researched] in brackets to get back to on revision. I wouldn’t worry too much about the technical stuff, since most readers probably won’t hang you for it – unless it’s a book on avalanches.

By: red_dot

red_dot — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:19 +0000

Saturday I watched a couple hours of Shuttle videos on prep for astronauts. Today is STS-129 launch, watching live feed. The subject of my book requires lots of reasearch. I’m up to about 75 hours of video I have watched.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:30:41 +0000

2743, thanks to a hour of word sprints with my friend Lisa. Got in a dynamite bit of dialogue and uncovered a suspect I hadn’t a clue existed. That will need a bit of backtrack work during revision. A good night!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:29:18 +0000

I’m mired in Nano- I have the whole story layed out… but as i get into scene writing I find myself researching about avalanches and mining and the things that happen in the story, and then i find myself bogged down in “what are the mining rules in colorado?” “why would this be illegal?” “how is this avalanche caused exactly”… i’m not going to make my word count like this! Should I just power through the dialogue/words and drop in later to tweak the science/technical stuff? I’m just worried that the “logic” of the entire thing might be off if i don’t work it out beforehand. arg.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:31:33 +0000

i’ve just been posting to my writing diary, but i’ve been getting my words and yesterday sat down and finished chapter 21 and moved on into chapter 22. Need to get 2 chapters every 3 days for the next week and a half to finish on my goal, and i think that is a pace i can keep up with.

just passed 87,000 words with the last installment.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:12:26 +0000

Another day off to spend with the family. It was almost like being a kid again – playing old nintendo games with my sisters, one parents watching a sports game, the other parent watching a movie… And now that I’m back to work it’s back to writing on breaks and the bus.