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Day 25
Despite waking up with a bad migraine, an upset stomach, and it taking a long time for me to feel remotely “okay” today, I got around to do some writing. It was tough because I wasn’t sure I could look … Continue reading
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Tagged accomplished, chapter, manuscript, rough draft, sick, tired, writing
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Day 24
Another chapter written! Yay! I am feeling quite good about my progress. The overall writing went well and there are some scenes I’m really happy with how they turned out. Some things will need rephrasing, but I’m not worried about … Continue reading
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Tagged chapter, editing, feeling good, rough draft, sunday, writing
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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
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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
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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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