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pretending to be awake
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Berkshire, UK
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Got another couple of hundred words before my flight this evening. On the plane I realised why I was having trouble with this chapter - sod all happens. I have a date with a delete key!
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Wokingham
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done over 800 words today.
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QWERTY!!!
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: In My Own Little World...
Posts: 856
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690 words. But how many of them will remain tomorrow?
Hmm...need to do some thinking.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Queensland, Australia
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629 yesterday.
I've spent the last couple of weeks thinking I'm an idiot for thinking I can write a novel. I'm over that now. This book's going to kick arse! |
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been around a while
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Deep In The Heart of Texas
Posts: 391
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Yeah, Franky, kick some arse! I think I'm getting my groove back. Well, at least I got a decent word count flowing the past couple of days. Gonna hunker down tomorrow and get it going again.
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#231 |
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still talking too much
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 789
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Got through two chapters tonight, including my torture chapter. Not too many changes required to these - clarified a couple of things, and killed some adverbs - but it's progress.
This editing backwards thing is working pretty well so far.
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move along, nothing to see here
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Great Plains
Posts: 1,799
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y'all sound like you're kickin'! I'll join the fray. While my internet was out most of a day, the only thing that worked on my iPad was Storyist. I've got 1050 total over various projects. Even through the power outage.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 400
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Awesome, everyone!
824 words last night. I'm about 5k away from being done.
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My alter ego
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Right behind you
Posts: 2,921
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AWesome wordage, everyone!
You guys blow me away!No wordage for me over the past 4 days! Well, no excuse other than it was my b-day weekend. Another year older and none the wiser. ![]() Did get words today, even a few edits in, and I am loving this scene. Not huge wordage, but wordage just the same. 723 for this afternoon, closing out the chapter and bringing the WIP total to 55,421!
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#235 |
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QWERTY!!!
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: In My Own Little World...
Posts: 856
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561 words today. Completely rewrote what I did yesterday and it flowed a bit better.
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Lost in mental space.
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Someplace else.
Posts: 3,871
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Well done, everyone!
I reordered some scenes, did some editing on them, and added 1,500 words today.
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still talking too much
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 789
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Two more chapters edited. Many, many adverbs went to meet their Maker.
Seventeen chapters plus the prologue to go. I won't be done in February, but I don't think it will take me all of March, either.
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"The secret to getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain M/T/S May challenge: A synopsis, some edits, and 30K of a revision WIP: Antistar (or possibly T Minus Zero), SF/suspense/romance - 122,080/110,000 Querying: Dead Hour, SF/suspense/romance - 107,921K Short novel: "Never Been", YA SF - 23,742/~80K My sort-of-ranty blog |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 400
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Awesome everyone.
Happy belated birthday, Ken! Nothing last night. Wrist issues. I hope to get back at it today, though.
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Twitter: ekendall Blog: http://erinkendall.wordpress.com Website: http://www.erinzarro.com WIP Grave Touched - science fantasy, book 2 - writing now Darklight, book 1 of the Ghost Trilogy - writing now Fey Touched, a science fantasy, now available from http://www.turtleduckpress.com |
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My alter ego
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Right behind you
Posts: 2,921
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Thanks, Saoirse! ![]() Hope your wrist feels better soon. ![]() Want to get LOTS of words today. Getting ready to being the next chapter and have no idea where it's going, but then, that's half the fun.
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#240 |
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pretending to be awake
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Berkshire, UK
Posts: 1,987
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Well, I deleted 973 words and wrote 975 new ones. Although two of those are possibly "Chapter Twenty". In which case I replaced 973 words with 973 words. Not bad.
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Λrchangel: near-future SF noir | 84,662 / 100,000 (second draft underway) I write music. | I gave in and joined twitter. | And I have a blog too. |
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QWERTY!!!
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: In My Own Little World...
Posts: 856
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Great work everyone!
98 words to sign off the month. Sore head and lack of concentration has been the story of my day. I even spelt my name wrong earlier...just one of those days.
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still talking too much
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 789
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Two more chapters through the wringer. Once again, not a lot of changes here, just making some things more explicit. (But not a lot more.)
I've got sixteen more left, including the prologue, so I'm hoping to finish on March 8. And then...a new query letter. Gulp.
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"The secret to getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain M/T/S May challenge: A synopsis, some edits, and 30K of a revision WIP: Antistar (or possibly T Minus Zero), SF/suspense/romance - 122,080/110,000 Querying: Dead Hour, SF/suspense/romance - 107,921K Short novel: "Never Been", YA SF - 23,742/~80K My sort-of-ranty blog |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 400
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Nothing last night, as my wrist is still hurting. I did work on a side project, mostly plotting stuff so I was productive...somewhat.
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Twitter: ekendall Blog: http://erinkendall.wordpress.com Website: http://www.erinzarro.com WIP Grave Touched - science fantasy, book 2 - writing now Darklight, book 1 of the Ghost Trilogy - writing now Fey Touched, a science fantasy, now available from http://www.turtleduckpress.com |
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