Holly’s Writing Classes is on old software, and I’ve delayed as long as I can on upgrading it. Now I’m having to move it to really nice PROFESSIONAL class delivery and teaching software… and even though I have awesome moderators who are helping me do this, there’s some stuff ONLY I can do, and even… Continue reading Juggling work… and work… and WORK… 70,935 words total
Category: Contemporary Fantasy
A moment of constructive chaos catches villains in action
Fun, fun writing today. I got to pull out all the stops getting my good guys into position to catch bad guys attempting to do very bad things — and the scene went off without a hitch. Chaos is a lot of fun to plot, especially when it is the finely-crafted impression of chaos set… Continue reading A moment of constructive chaos catches villains in action
Words went well, bad things happened…
And once again, I loved what I got. My poor, poor characters… And I got 1351 words, and am now at 68,056 — and the villains in town have just done something really interesting, and my MC just got to see the first tip of a brand new iceberg… But I now have to go… Continue reading Words went well, bad things happened…
So today I’m sixty-one… RIGHT…
We had our little pizza and birthday-pie (I’m not a cake fan) celebration last night, because Matt doesn’t have today off. So today, while I AM going to be taking the day off from the novel, I’m working on fixing the HollysWritingClasses.com website. Doing a big overhaul, upgrading stuff to a new platform and new… Continue reading So today I’m sixty-one… RIGHT…
Some continuing chaos to the day, but GOT the words! And damn… I love ’em
There’s stuff you plan. There’s stuff you have written out in line-for-scene sentences in your chapter synopsis in Scrivener — 30 words max that give you the starting conflict, the characters, and the setting. And then there’s where you go with it once you’ve established those things… and today, I went someplace new. Got 1259… Continue reading Some continuing chaos to the day, but GOT the words! And damn… I love ’em
Has been hectic… but got the words.
1264 out of 1250 needed. Things are mean, and scary, and my MC is in deep trouble. Which isn’t nice, but which is in fact pretty much what you want to be going on in the middle of a novel. I have NO CLUE how she’s going to get out of this. None. When the… Continue reading Has been hectic… but got the words.
Made myself cry. It’s those ‘words from nowhere’ that get me…
I leapt into the story this morning at the exact place where I left myself yesterday — a place with nothing even remotely transcendent about it. My main character was dealing with a situation that has turned ugly and scary, she’s in trouble, she’s facing an absolutely awful situation that affects not just her but… Continue reading Made myself cry. It’s those ‘words from nowhere’ that get me…
My Ohio 4 folks face bad, badder, and YEESH!… Plus a Moon & Sun: Emerald Sun update
In my Ohio main character’s living room, folks who have befriended her and worked with her have just got some very bad news… as in, “Well, guys… we’re now potentially looking at the end of us, the town, Ohio… the country… maybe the whole world…” And there’s a certain amount of lack of support for… Continue reading My Ohio 4 folks face bad, badder, and YEESH!… Plus a Moon & Sun: Emerald Sun update
In the Ohio series, geography begat magic… one of those little inspirations that’s really paying off
I’m writing the Ohio novels in a highly fictionalized version of the town in which I live. I loved this place for a huge chunk of my life even though I spend most of my life away from it. One of the things I did was to copy off a map of the place… and… Continue reading In the Ohio series, geography begat magic… one of those little inspirations that’s really paying off
I feel so sorry for my main character — but happy at the same time
I knew last week that I’d left myself in a good place for this morning — a nice revelation, something terrible suggested in the past. And as I read last week’s words before starting into today’s, everything clicked. I’ve been writing since just before 7 AM, and the words flew. I got 1487 (out of… Continue reading I feel so sorry for my main character — but happy at the same time
