God, stuff clicked today. Pieces from earlier chapters told me why they were there, my MC came up with this great solution to a big problem that introduced her to some big secrets her dead grandmother’s lawyer has been conveniently failing to mention… And I know my ending. It’s going to be big. Messy. Fun.… Continue reading Down to the Closing Stretch — 1473 words today — and gonna run over 90,000 (but not, I hope, by much)
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First the time, then the weather. THEN the words.
THE TIME This morning, I dreamed a digital clock, which showed me 7:31. I woke up. Immediately checked the time. It was actually 7:41. My brain is ten minutes slow…dammit. Anybody still have your copy of The Brand New Human’s User Manual? If you do, could you give me the steps for resetting my brain clock?… Continue reading First the time, then the weather. THEN the words.
I knew today was going to be rough. Deleted a couple thousand words. Net gain – 604 words (79,997 total)
So… yeah. I wrote hard. I love what I got. And I love it because Matt and I did a long live-brainstorming section last night, and he and I worked out a helluva better way to go with the story. I deleted a lot more than I’d expected, though — some of it in places… Continue reading I knew today was going to be rough. Deleted a couple thousand words. Net gain – 604 words (79,997 total)
Yesterday and Today: Two days of writing because I ran out of blogging time yesterday.
Yesterday was great. I got 1417 words, and read through them this morning while getting into the story, and they can all stay. Yesterday counts as a GOOD day. Today? … Not so much. Today, I took Bugs Bunny’s “wrong turn in Albuquerque” and wrote a significant chunk of fiction that I realized just a… Continue reading Yesterday and Today: Two days of writing because I ran out of blogging time yesterday.
Can’t brag –2328 words, but a lot will disappear tomorrow
I wrote about new 1200 words today, and then put in a saved scene from my discarded first draft. It’s a great scene, but a lot of what it related to in the first draft has changed. So tomorrow, I’m going to have to go through and cut a bunch of the cut-and-paste stuff to… Continue reading Can’t brag –2328 words, but a lot will disappear tomorrow
Wrote a song for Ohio Novel #2 today — 1024 words and out of time
I came in a bit short on the word count today, but working my way through the creation of lyrics for a Celtic Rock Band and having the lyrics include an essential clue my main character has to figure out in order to bring a new kind of help to one of her allies took… Continue reading Wrote a song for Ohio Novel #2 today — 1024 words and out of time
Long, Hard Day — BUT… Replotting and WORDS accomplished — 1488 Words, (73,883 TOTAL)
Today I realized that I’d planned and outlined more than I can fit into 90,000 words. I figured out my number of chapters, figured out that I’m averaging 3000 words per chapter, and had to remove about five segments of story from my existing outline — and now will finish the book in just five… Continue reading Long, Hard Day — BUT… Replotting and WORDS accomplished — 1488 Words, (73,883 TOTAL)
Trauma, memory, and my main character – 1283 words
I got some of my favorite words in the series this morning. (1283 of them, in fact.) My MC (main character) had a BAD morning a couple chapters back, and finally made it back home in this chapter — worse for wear, but not as much so as one would have reason to expect. She’s… Continue reading Trauma, memory, and my main character – 1283 words
Memory holds some dark nights within it – my MC is facing a bad one today. 1341 words, and good progress.
Yesterday there were no words. There was, instead, me cutting prices of all my writing classes over $20 by 50% — the economy is not great, and indications on whether it will get better or worse are all over the place. I’ll raise prices again when the economy recovers. So no, there was no Tuesday… Continue reading Memory holds some dark nights within it – my MC is facing a bad one today. 1341 words, and good progress.
What your side-eye sees … 1259 words, and whistling in the dark
I had a very good Monday morning. A registered nurse working night shift in the intensive care unit came under my main character’s scrutiny for being a bit… pointy about the tooth-ular region. Both the day shift RN and my hero’s doctor are having a hard time believing her. Except that she has big credibility… Continue reading What your side-eye sees … 1259 words, and whistling in the dark
