Category: How to Write Short Stories
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Ohio progress, AND almost done with the new HollysWritingClasses.com site.
Today I got 458 words on Ohio 5, which was 458 more than I figured I’d get. And I liked what I got, which was a continuation of the situation my characters walked into yesterday. I’ll take the weekend off from fiction, and by Monday, we should be mostly done with the website stuff, excluding…
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151 words — Got started early on the HWC upgrade and am still working on that.
I’m glad I got words. I didn’t get many, and this late in the day (when I got these early this morning), I don’t even remember if they were particularly good, or fun, or anything. After an entire day of working on a website — and I’ve been over at HollysWritingClasses.com since 7:30 AM today…
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FUNNY words today — and 1389 of them. It was a very good writing day! Also… HWC Update.
So first the book, because that’s where my morning started. And it was a WONDERFUL morning. Not only did I get 1389 new words, but I also the answer to something that happened in Book 1, and that explained a lot. And I discovered a secret one character has kept through four novels, and just…
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OHIO 5: Far better than average morning: 1001 words, 8202 total
So… The writing flew this morning. I’m not sure why… but things just clicked. And while they were clicking, the back of my mind was working on the problem of taking books four complete first drafts and one book that as of today is not quite ten percent done (in first draft only, of course),…
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Done with Ohio 5, Chapter 3: 253 words today, 6216 total (Plus HWC Update)
No surprises today. The rest of the chapter just flowed smoothly from yesterday’s revelation. Tomorrow, I’ll start chapter four, and probably revisit my existing outline again — because as I have with every single book so far, three chapters in, I have now completely left the outline I had for this book. This is the…
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The HWC “What do we do with No FORUM?!” page
We’re getting ready to shut down the HollysWritingClasses.com site for its update (This will happen in 0-48 hours… don’t know yet). But while the site is down, HWC members can ask questions and talk to each other here. This is not a place to report problems. For that, go to the HWC Help Desk and…
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Yippeeeee!!! Good News on Ohio 5 & Writing Site Updates!
I had a blast this morning. Lost track of time, (and as a result got twice as many words as the last few writing days)… And I got a kick-ass start to Chapter Two. My MC is in trouble, her entire town is in trouble, and in MY tomorrow but her next three seconds, she…
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Ohio Novel #5- 251 words on Chapter 2
So to get the context of this, the picture above is what’s going on outside my house right now. I’m inside, where it’s warm (if you’re wearing sweatpants, double-layered socks, and a hand-knit wool sweater, anyway). I’m writing about Ohio in the spring… which (ahem) this ain’t… while looking out the window at snow spiraling…
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My next week-ish: Brain reset, but no rest
I may not be in here regularly for the next week (I am possibly being a bit optimistic on that week thing, by the way. It might take me two or three to do everything I have to do.) The first part of what I’m doing is letting Book 4 settle into the back of…
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6:47 AM – Finishing Ohio 4, starting Ohio 5, while building the new HollysWritingClasses.com site
SO… My website over on HollysWritingClasses.com is undergoing a massive overhaul (complete site rebuild). And I anticipated the process taking FOUR months. Turns out… it’s probably not anything like that. My amazing community moderators over there have already finished building all the classrooms in the new software, and getting all the class materials into them…