Comments on: Main Character Transition http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/ read with hunger, write with joy, live with passion Thu, 24 May 2012 02:55:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lee http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16236 Lee Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:40:27 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16236 lol Having a friend pick the book apart with a critical eye and he's caught stuff I should be taken out in the woods and shot for... In all fairness, there were only maybe a few I missed--mostly antonym goofs that crop up during the flow of writing that you forget to check for during an editing pass. *Breathes a sigh of relief that they are being caught before he pushes this puppy out the door* final word count: 108K-ish lol

Having a friend pick the book apart with a critical eye and he’s caught stuff I should be taken out in the woods and shot for…

In all fairness, there were only maybe a few I missed–mostly antonym goofs that crop up during the flow of writing that you forget to check for during an editing pass.

*Breathes a sigh of relief that they are being caught before he pushes this puppy out the door*

final word count: 108K-ish

]]> By: Lee http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16235 Lee Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:22:37 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16235 I haven't been dilligently keeping track of the number of words I write. Some times it's a little, sometimes it's a lot. But the first book in the series is finished, just doing minor tweakings and continuity editing. The stage is set... The Stith-Jorma, hereditary enemies of the Tien Hegemony are about to do something with the aid of a despot government within the Empress' empire. The Hegemony's other neighbors, the ancient S'thacans somehow has discovered pre-Shadow Times pristine human DNA exists and they want a sample, citing technology already bartered to the hegemony as leverage. Much of that is proprietary military technology that has allowed the human empire, nearly decimated to extinction by themselves during the Shadow Times to thrive and flourish. The Empress is the steward of a great secret, passed down through the generations of her dynasty, and she walks a very thin line in maintaining her empire and keeping her enemies at bay. Several key characters (ensemble cast) get a hold of various corners of a sinister plot that will end in an outright invasion of the Tien Hegemony by the Stith-Jorma if it is not discovered. I haven’t been dilligently keeping track of the number of words I write. Some times it’s a little, sometimes it’s a lot.

But the first book in the series is finished, just doing minor tweakings and continuity editing.

The stage is set… The Stith-Jorma, hereditary enemies of the Tien Hegemony are about to do something with the aid of a despot government within the Empress’ empire.

The Hegemony’s other neighbors, the ancient S’thacans somehow has discovered pre-Shadow Times pristine human DNA exists and they want a sample, citing technology already bartered to the hegemony as leverage. Much of that is proprietary military technology that has allowed the human empire, nearly decimated to extinction by themselves during the Shadow Times to thrive and flourish.

The Empress is the steward of a great secret, passed down through the generations of her dynasty, and she walks a very thin line in maintaining her empire and keeping her enemies at bay.

Several key characters (ensemble cast) get a hold of various corners of a sinister plot that will end in an outright invasion of the Tien Hegemony by the Stith-Jorma if it is not discovered.

]]> By: red_dot http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16234 red_dot Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:23:45 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16234 Congratz!! Did you do anything? Are you planning for your 25th yet? I had my 24th we went to the scene of the crime. We went back to Pismo Beach where we fell in love. I got a jacuzzi suite, went wine tasting for the first time. It was fun plus I took her a couple of weeks ago to the U2 concert in Vegas with a limo to the concert. Planning now for 25th. Congratz!! Did you do anything? Are you planning for your 25th yet?

I had my 24th we went to the scene of the crime. We went back to Pismo Beach where we fell in love. I got a jacuzzi suite, went wine tasting for the first time. It was fun plus I took her a couple of weeks ago to the U2 concert in Vegas with a limo to the concert. Planning now for 25th.

]]> By: Debora http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16233 Debora Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:04:13 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16233 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: Michelle http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16232 Michelle Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:03:03 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16232 1033 for me today. Went very very very quickly - I wondered if my word counter was off when I checked it. :) 1033 for me today. Went very very very quickly – I wondered if my word counter was off when I checked it. :)

]]> By: Gabby http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16231 Gabby Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:57:08 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16231 I couldn't seem to settle in today. It's going away for the weekend that does it and then a tough day at work didn't help. Plus I'm in a transition scene. I know where I'm going (finally) but bored with the process of getting my characters there. Right now I am unwilling to skip because a few important things need to happen and I'd rather cut the scene later than skip the possible good things. If I had focused on WIP like I was supposed to tonight this wouldn't be a problem, but instead I avoided the work and now it's too late at night for me. I couldn’t seem to settle in today. It’s going away for the weekend that does it and then a tough day at work didn’t help. Plus I’m in a transition scene. I know where I’m going (finally) but bored with the process of getting my characters there. Right now I am unwilling to skip because a few important things need to happen and I’d rather cut the scene later than skip the possible good things. If I had focused on WIP like I was supposed to tonight this wouldn’t be a problem, but instead I avoided the work and now it’s too late at night for me.

]]> By: Lisa R http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16230 Lisa R Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:12:29 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16230 433 Friday, 0 Saturday, 0 Sunday I have found the fall has become overextended for me between two boys in football, a girl in the theater, both my husband and I working cursillo, and me working a full-time and part-time job. But in the spirit of WABWM, I will continue to chug forward. 433 Friday, 0 Saturday, 0 Sunday I have found the fall has become overextended for me between two boys in football, a girl in the theater, both my husband and I working cursillo, and me working a full-time and part-time job. But in the spirit of WABWM, I will continue to chug forward.

]]> By: Larkk http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16229 Larkk Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:55:24 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16229 Yesterday, I took my writing on a date and went to a WriMo write-in. I was nervous wreck and I don’t know why, because everyone there was really nice. So all I could do at first was free write—about how nervous I was. All these other people are writing what are probably going to be great novels, and here I am hacking away. And, wow, do they type fast! But I did settle into it and got about 2000 words of actual novel and some questions answered about NaNoWriMo. I was not overly pleased with the words I got, but they moved the story forward, and I can go back to them in just a few weeks after this is over! Total words for yesterday 2740, and crossed over the 20k mark:) Yesterday, I took my writing on a date and went to a WriMo write-in. I was nervous wreck and I don’t know why, because everyone there was really nice. So all I could do at first was free write—about how nervous I was. All these other people are writing what are probably going to be great novels, and here I am hacking away. And, wow, do they type fast!
But I did settle into it and got about 2000 words of actual novel and some questions answered about NaNoWriMo. I was not overly pleased with the words I got, but they moved the story forward, and I can go back to them in just a few weeks after this is over!
Total words for yesterday 2740, and crossed over the 20k mark:)

]]> By: S. Megan Payne http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16228 S. Megan Payne Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:38:55 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16228 4 100 word drabbles, one of which continues my main story with Salorý deciding whether to make an offering in hopes of regaining her memory. 4 100 word drabbles, one of which continues my main story with Salorý deciding whether to make an offering in hopes of regaining her memory.

]]> By: The Pencil Neck http://hollylisle.com/main-character-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-16227 The Pencil Neck Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:58:25 +0000 http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/?p=5219#comment-16227 Congratulations! Congratulations!

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