Teens Writing for Teens, issue 6

MargoWest said:

Morning folks! How's everybody doing?

I've done a ridiculous amount of reading these past couple weeks, so hopefully now I can move on to doing some writing.

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I've been plugging queries (and rejections) systematically, like a prisoner hammering away at license plates.

Yourself?

I'm good thanks. Aiming to crack 60k tonight. This book needs finishing.

Lemon Popping candy + sorbet = bleh.

Drinking coffee and still reading rather than writing. Sigh. I need a kick in the arse, clearly.

You should come Nano with me. I wrote 15k during the first week of April.

Now for fancy jelly and icecream.

Oh hell, that sounds like a... really really good idea. Hmmm. So April NaNo, eh?

I'm doing Script Frenzy. It is insane.

MargoWest said:

Drinking coffee and still reading rather than writing. Sigh. I need a kick in the arse, clearly.

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Me too.

I'm doing more whining about not writing than actually writing. It sucks.

I'm on a roll. Going to start writing my mash up soon.

Well, hello. It's been a while ^_^ How is everyone?

Writing the mash up. I may need to edit it in future. ^^

Hi, Kat!

Think I'm going to start plotting my SNI. I need to do something productive or else I'll feel like I wasted my entire Spring Break.

MargoWest said:

Oh hell, that sounds like a... really really good idea. Hmmm. So April NaNo, eh?

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Yup. You'd need over 2k a day to make 50k by the end of the month, so the bar is set high. It's working really well for me, but I wouldn't mind a Nano buddy to compete against.

Does anyone want to read my mash up?

Parametric said:

Yup. You'd need over 2k a day to make 50k by the end of the month, so the bar is set high. It's working really well for me, but I wouldn't mind a Nano buddy to compete against.

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2k a day.

That sounds...hard lol

Parametric said:

Yup. You'd need over 2k a day to make 50k by the end of the month, so the bar is set high. It's working really well for me, but I wouldn't mind a Nano buddy to compete against.

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Okay, you're on! What do you say we tweet each other word counts at the end of the night? Healthy competition.

Not necessarily, Ely. I'm averaging 2200 words a day at the moment and my average is creeping up.

MargoWest said:

Okay, you're on! What do you say we tweet each other word counts at the end of the night? Healthy competition.

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Awesome! Let's roll.

I am debating starting up a new Twitter account.

I may disappear for a while.

ETA: Definitely disappearing.

I got asked to moderate 4 author events/panels at the indie. Yay!

Para - I think I might try writing 2k a day then. It can't hurt to try plus I really need to write.

Have you tried a spreadsheet? I enjoy having a fixed daily and monthly goal so I can keep track of my progress. My wordcount line is currently creeping up above the target line on my graph. I'm not always all that great at knocking out a whole ton of words, so I rely on the competitive urge that comes from having a target.

And now, you have more competition! (Btw I'll be happy to read yours or parts of yours if you'd like ) Finally decided on a name: Owen. I appreciate names that work on multiple levels. It's got lots of myth connections, and is the surname of the man who coined the word "dinosaur".

MargoWest said:

And now, you have more competition! (Btw I'll be happy to read yours or parts of yours if you'd like ) Finally decided on a name: Owen. I appreciate names that work on multiple levels. It's got lots of myth connections, and is the surname of the man who coined the word "dinosaur".

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Yes! I love a little gentle competition. I got my highest ever Nanowrimo result (75k) when locked in mortal combat with Claire Gillian. I hope to be spurred on.

I appreciate your brave offer to read! I'm nearly 60k into the novel, so I'm not sure how much sense any excerpts would make at this stage. Although they do involve airships, swordfights, stuff blowing up etc, which needs no context to be awesome.

Owen is a cool name. Makes me think of legendary Welsh rebel prince Owain Glyndwr. What's your new project about? Are there dinosaurs?