Category: How to Write Short Stories
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The value of NOT working the weekend becomes clear — 1329 words, and a problem solved out of thin air
I did not think about the book at all over the weekend. I took this one all the way off. Played games on my Switch — Dungeon Village, Dungeon Village 2 (brand new, and much bigger than the first one, with some really nifty additions), some Animal Crossing (though the ‘homework’ aspect of that particular…
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Writer-Related Stuff… The Thursday List, and why it’s on hold.
I was building a really nice writing-tips email list for my writers. Every Thursday, (or mostly every Thursday), I was creating one new writing tip, answering a writer’s question, demonstrating a quick version of some technique I’ve found helpful… And then the HollysWritingClasses.com class software died. Hard. And we spent six months installing new software,…
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Fun with Consequences. 1308 words while making trouble for my main character. 45,406 total.
This was one of those “I love my job” days. I got a late start because we were dropping presents off at a friend’s house, but when I picked up where I left off yesterday, the parts of the scene I needed were waiting. Actions of others have had massive, epic consequences, and something that’s…
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I got words today. (Yep, even with a launch going on)
I got the things I needed to do on the HollysWritingClasses.com site launch finished, then set up Ohio 5… and got 1,013 words. And I like them. They’re dark, and grim, and they surprised me. What I thought was going to happen didn’t… but what did happen was better. Not happier. But it makes more…
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Epic Stakes Day: 29,243 words total, 1045 words for the day, and bigness
About a third of the way into Book 5, and today’s words were a blast. Crazy fun (for me). My main character has both just discovered the magnitude of the problem she faces, and has come up with an idea that may help her (and her allies) solve it. It’s dangerous, of course. And the…
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Two hours of fiction, nice progress, and wickedness afoot
My MC just met someone who’s going to be important in her life, at least briefly. And has finally discovered the source of the amazing smells coming from one of her neighbors’ houses. While absolutely terrible things that have been running amok have been, for a moment, slowed down. The temporary sense of things coming…
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My poor main character!!! 419 words on Ohio 5, and 26,148 total — AND Writing Classes Stuff
First, the words, because without the words, none of the rest of this would mean anything. I got a solid chunk of a nice scene written today, added to the overall twisty-ness of the fifth book in the series, and both made things easier and made things more difficult for the villain… with one fun…
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Today is not going to be a writing day. HollysWritingClasses.com went live on the new software…
Yesterday I took the new HWC school live for existing students, and today Becca and I are going to be working in the help desk fixing accounts. In theory, anyway. Becca and I have 194 brand new tickets in the help desk (I just counted them in email, and a few of them might be…
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A very good day for Ohio 5: 1325 words, 19,576 total… and a surprise
This doesn’t happen very often: My main character reasoned me out of the major plot direction I wanted to write today. I’d spent the weekend doodling around in my mind with how today’s scene was going to go. I had a specific thing my main character was going to do, it was pretty epic, it…
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Got 512 words on Ohio 5, and now am back to work on HollysWritingClasses.com
I like what I got. My MC’s discovery of the BIG lie yesterday had an interesting consequence today that I had not anticipated. And my MC dealt with it much, much better than I would have. I suspect that once she’s out of sight of the person who let this news slip, her response is…