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)
Category: Series Fiction
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
Fat’s Where It’s At – A quirky scene, and 1657 words. AWESOME writing Friday!
I have been beating the crap out of my main character on a regular basis — she has a dangerous and very weird job, and she’s pissed off some seriously WRONG folks. Over the last few writing days, I’ve been clobbering her. Today, while recovering, she started looking at herself through a different lens. And… Continue reading Fat’s Where It’s At – A quirky scene, and 1657 words. AWESOME writing Friday!
A great writing day, and beating up my main character some more. Big Fun!
I had to do it last of the things on my list, but after writing and sending out a couple of emails today, I set down with the words, fell right into the story, and got 1215. As shown by the picture above, more than I need to hit my deadline, if slightly fewer than… Continue reading A great writing day, and beating up my main character some more. Big Fun!
Oh, boy! Hurt my character, wrought vengeance on an evildoer, and made myself laugh… in 1356 words!
Excellent Monday! And how often does anyone get to say that? I rolled into work this morning (a few hours ago) with my Conflict Sentence in the right corner of Scrivener. That’s Protagonist Versus Antagonist in Setting with Twist in 30 words or less. Today’s chapter sentence was twenty-nine words, and was the aftermath of… Continue reading Oh, boy! Hurt my character, wrought vengeance on an evildoer, and made myself laugh… in 1356 words!
When a Main Character Trips over a Secret Past – and 1310 words.
You think you know who your main character is by the time you get her more than halfway through Book 2. More than that, you KNOW she knows who she is. So today, my MC discovered that an event in her life that she thought had gone down one way did not. And she discovered… Continue reading When a Main Character Trips over a Secret Past – and 1310 words.
Beat the headache. 1278 new words, and a good twist.
First, the headache, because it was the biggest obstacle I faced this morning. Over the holidays, we did an intentional, planned drift away from keto so that we could have some fun foods. Pies, you know, and cookies, and stuff like baked potatoes and stuffing. We hadn’t done this before, but we hadn’t dealt with… Continue reading Beat the headache. 1278 new words, and a good twist.
Oh, BOY! Good, good, writing day today.
So… this morning I got my favorite line so far in the Ohio #2 novel. It’s subject to change during revision, of course, or outright deletion if I come up with something better, but right now it’s this. If you can catch them, you can eat them. Can’t throw in the context, except to note… Continue reading Oh, BOY! Good, good, writing day today.
