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Day 23
I managed to grab a bit of time to get some writing done. I think I might be able to get the hang of this assuming I’m okay with only working for half an hour to an hour at a … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Rough Draft, Writing
Tagged busy, chapter, chapter done, rough draft, writing
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Day 21
All right, so there’s a good chance that many of you will think I’ve gone mad at the news contained in this post. That’s fair, because I must have my reasons but also, who would do that? Maybe it’s normal … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Outline, Personal, Revised Draft, Rough Draft, Writing
Tagged feel like a disaster, feeling better, re-outlined, re-wrote, starting over, writing
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Day 20
FINALLY! Okay so I finally got to writing. I finished a chapter though it’s a bit short so come editing, I will be making it longer and better. Either way, I couldn’t be happier that I got to write. It … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Novel, Rough Draft, Writing
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Update!
I want to start this post by saying it is absolutely beautiful outside today. The weather is just perfect and I’m hoping to be able to do most of my other work out here today. I think my dogs agree … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Writing
Tagged balancing life, beautiful day, lack of posting, laptop, new job, repairs
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Day 19
Another chapter complete! The elation is hard to express here. I’m slowly picking away at what’s left. Except there is a problem with this chapter. I had written about 500 words of it before hand and I realized I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Rough Draft, Writing
Tagged descriptions, details, elation, jokes, manuscript, novel, rain, tired, writing
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Day 18
Writing is highly therapeutic. I spent the last bit working on a chapter. I exceeded my goal again this week which makes me happy, and I completed a chapter as well! One down, another 7.5 to go (if you count … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Novel, Rough Draft, Writing
Tagged accomplishment, chapters, completion, editing talk, hectic day, rough draft, writing
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Twitter helps!
As most of you know, I have a twitter account. I hadn’t used it too much except to talk about blog posts and have the odd writing comment or tip to throw out there. Recently though, I was added to … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Personal, Writing
Tagged followers, group appreciation, thank you, twitter
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Day 17
I can’t say that I did any actual writing today. Instead I spent some time going through my outline, fixing up a few things here and there, and adding some more detailed notes to certain chapters for when I finally … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Novel, Outline, Rough Draft, Sci-Fi
Tagged chapters, editing, fixing, ideas, outline, rough draft, two months
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Day 16
It is a snowstorm of snowstorm out there today. Again. It’s great how we get nice spring weather for about two days and then winter decides to slap you in the face with one hell of a snowstorm, reminding us … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Novel, Outline, Rough Draft, Writing
Tagged editing, novel, outline, rough draft, shovelling, snowstorm, wet, writing
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