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Day 5 – Editing Rough Draft

Posted on January 27, 2015 by rachelsparling

Time was on my side today as I was able to edit one more chapter. It was short so I guess that helped as well. It was entirely descriptive, in the mind of the character, as well as narrative to … Continue reading →

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Day 4 – Editing Rough Draft (my 100th post!)

Posted on January 16, 2015 by rachelsparling

Well it took a while but I got another chapter edited. It was a short one so it took very little time, but I feel like it’s lacking something. I can’t quite put my finger on it. It’s possible it’s … Continue reading →

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A New Year

Posted on January 6, 2015 by rachelsparling

I hope that everyone had a great time ringing in the new year and enjoyed their holidays. I realize my plan was to start editing in January, but as it stands, I’ve had no time to do so. A number … Continue reading →

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Day 3 – Editing Rough Draft

Posted on December 16, 2014 by rachelsparling

So initially I hadn’t planned on doing any work today. It wasn’t until my brother sent me a message about how his program just suddenly stopped working that I decided I would play around with Timeline. So I started putting … Continue reading →

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Day 2 – Editing Rough Draft

Posted on December 1, 2014 by rachelsparling

Onto the second/third day of editing. I have completed another chapter. This is the third chapter in the first book and it is coming along, slowly but surely. There is a lot that I found wrong with it and I … Continue reading →

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Day 1 – Editing Rough Draft

Posted on November 29, 2014 by rachelsparling

I have started editing! Well actually, to be totally honest, I started last week and completed chapter 1. I did not have time to post that and I finally got around to doing chapter 2. Chapter 1 and 2 are … Continue reading →

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Day 21 – National Novel Writing Month

Posted on November 21, 2014 by rachelsparling

It’s official! I have completed 50,000 words! I am most certainly excited at this accomplishment and I am very much looking forward to editing everything that I did this month and prior to it. I found this challenge very rewarding … Continue reading →

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Day 11 – National Novel Writing Month

Posted on November 11, 2014 by rachelsparling

I am nearly at 25,000 words! I managed to write just over 3,000 words in the last hour and a half (at most). I feel good about that accomplishment. I actually wrote out less than that and I felt that … Continue reading →

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Day 43

Posted on September 27, 2014 by rachelsparling

An unexpected urge to be creative came over me and I decided it was time to harness that and put it to good use. I wrote and completed one more chapter. It’s not a long one like the last one … Continue reading →

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Day 36

Posted on June 30, 2014 by rachelsparling

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last several days of high humidity and high temperatures, it’s that my body gets tired and worn out far too easily. I am definitely feeling exhausted and it won’t matter how productive … Continue reading →

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