Teens Writing for Teens, the 5th

MysteryRiter said:

Whoa! You write fast. Only 657? That's more than I usually write!

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Thanks! But the quality of it if I write much faster than that goes downhill so fast; I reread my Nano book the other day and the quality is just *shudders*

kairoru said:

I like the “Usually I'm remarkably good natured. Try me on a day that doesn't end in y.” (is that what Jace says to Clary when he wakes her up or something in COA? I remember he says something hilarious there... I think lol)

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It's when Jace is put in the office of the werewolf pub and Clary is asked to talk sense into him. Yeah, I like that quote too. Kind of fits me

Sherlock has started.

I split Coke. Some down my sleeve.

I am watching Sherlock too
Although, it is a little slow to start this week. Might go and watch the hotel.

talking about spilling, my boyfriend just spilled coffee all over his laptop...

It'll pick up -- trust me. *has read the story*

Okay, I've written the quote on. A little messy, but ah well. Nowt I can do about it now. Phew... I'm hot. Must have been all the concentration haha

Hmm. Did the United Kingdom have a drinking age in the 1880's? Particularly, 1880-1890? I think I might have a SNI, and I was developing scenes in my head.

I am hoping to do some writing later. Hit at least 10K (one scene), if not more. I'm going out tomorrow, hopefully, so I'm not going to stay up all night.

Taylor_Writes said:

Hmm. Did the United Kingdom have a drinking age in the 1880's? Particularly, 1880-1890? I think I might have a SNI, and I was developing scenes in my head.

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Sorry i tried looking it up but i couldnt find anything on laws back then.

emmawhy said:

Thanks! But the quality of it if I write much faster than that goes downhill so fast; I reread my Nano book the other day and the quality is just *shudders*

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I feel the same way about my first "novel". It so bad, I hardly classify it as a novel...
I have a goal to write another 1k by the end of the day. I'll write another 500 now once I can come up with an idea for a next seen and finish off the rest tonight.

Ally, I did, too, and I came up with nothing as well. :/

OMG I think I'm going to go insane! My mac keeps making a horrible grinding/engine-like noise and it's driving me NUTS!

Taylor_Writes said:

Hmm. Did the United Kingdom have a drinking age in the 1880's? Particularly, 1880-1890? I think I might have a SNI, and I was developing scenes in my head.

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I don't think there was a precise age limit. I googled and the rules were more lax.

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/nc/nc2a.htm

Taylor_Writes said:

Hmm. Did the United Kingdom have a drinking age in the 1880's? Particularly, 1880-1890? I think I might have a SNI, and I was developing scenes in my head.

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Go to the "Research" forum and ask.

Why hello there, fellow twifties!

How might you all be doing on this Sunday afternoon (in Chicago, relatively speaking)?

I have no idea why I decided to talk so properly just now. HA!

Hello, peeps!

What's good?

I'm watching Sherlock. I only need 1.5K to hit 10K, so I'm determined to do that tonight.

I wish I didn't freak out about scene length so much...

How's TL and CMRH going?

I shall do so

Hey Karla. How's the writing going?

I have done abso-freaking-lutely NO writing today... Don't I just feel dandy.

Actually I feel really bad about it. Although, not like I'm hurting anyone but myself :S

CMRH is on hold. TL is my main WIP right now. After my huge write-a-thon Friday, I've been expanding scenes. Added 400 words yesterday. But I was too groggy to do much work yesterday. And I ended up sleeping for at least 14 hours last night. At least I caught up to hardly any sleep Thursday night (the night I started my write-a-thon). Hoping to do much more progress today! Just getting distractions out of the way for the next 12 minutes.

Yay!

What do you mean by "expanding scenes"?

There's a part of me that wants to edit the past scenes (well read them and make sure it's just stuff that's needed). As long as a scene isn't too short (less than 1K), I don't see why I need to worry too much.

I am a bare-bones-first-draft writer. I add more meat when I expand.

Ah, I see. I suppose I'm like that, haha.

I'm going to do the reading/editing next time I'm watching TV and I'm bored.

MysteryRiter said:

I feel the same way about my first "novel". It so bad, I hardly classify it as a novel...
I have a goal to write another 1k by the end of the day. I'll write another 500 now once I can come up with an idea for a next seen and finish off the rest tonight.

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Another 1000 today?
What time is it where you are?
Here it's about half nine, and I'm aiming for another 500, to get halfway through my scene

When I write first drafts they are... just every single word in my head written down on paper usually. So about 3 times what the second draft will be.
This time, I am trying a different technique - write less, and see how it goes quality wise

Ahhh too lazy to add beats to some of these dialogue scenes.

Just gotta push myself, I guess...