I’ve still only just written half of Book Four’s prologue, half of its chapter one, all of chapter two, and nothing else. While that doesn’t seem like much to me, I at least take consolation in the knowledge that I have a pretty good outline and a really good sense of where the story is going. Yet even with my awesome outline and my keen sense of direction (excepting being inside large Continue reading
Category Archives: Writing
Meetings
Let’s see, to recap this week so far before I head out to work. First off, the NaNoWriMo meeting Sunday went pretty well. There were two people there besides me and Ian, and rather than follow the itinerary that I had made, Ian and I instead fielded questions to try and get the two other people there acquainted with what NaNo is and how it works. It would have been nice had Continue reading
Half an hour
As of right now, there’s only half an hour before National Novel Writing Month starts. I’ve spent the better part of the evening working on my notes for Book Four, since that’s the novel I’m going to work on this November. The husband and I had walked to the gas station a mile away to get coolant for the van (it’s leaking that stuff, which pisses us off ’cause it’s the only vehicle we’ve got) Continue reading
NaNo tomorrow!
EEEEEEK! NaNo starts tomorrow! I feel so unprepared for it this year. I guess that has a lot to do with the fact that I’m still not done with Book 2 (doubt I will be, but I’m gonna work on it all day anyway), I barely have any notes for Book 4 written up (and most of what I do have is crap that’s gonna get tossed), and I still need to go back over my itinerary for the NaNo meeting at the Continue reading
Third notebook
I just started the third notebook for Book Two about a half an hour ago. Woohoo! This weekend, I ended up writing about seventy pages. Mind you, the pages are about 5″x7″, but still, seventy pages is nothing to sneeze at (unless you have allergies or a cold). I’m now in the transition period between the middle third of the book and the final third of the book. Since I Continue reading
A fair amount of writing
I’d say I’ve gotten a fair amount of writing done this weekend. I wrote about eight pages Thursday, nineteen Friday, another ten or eleven yesterday, and so far today I’ve written about five and the day’s still young. Another twenty-five pages and I’ll fill up the notebook I’m currently working in and will have to start another. Yippee! I’m taking a brief break from the book right Continue reading
Book 2 update
Well, I thought I’d take a break from reading comics to get back to the novel for a while before Rook pops up later tonight. I have to say that while I haven’t gotten as much written so far these past couple days as I’d’ve liked, I’ve still gotten a fair amount written. Yesterday I wrote six and a half pages, and so far today, I’ve written eight. I’m going to try and finish a few more chapters Continue reading
Vacation starts now!
So I’m taking a (really) short vacation from work this week so that I can make an attempt to focus on Book 2 and try and get more of it written before NaNoWriMo starts up. I figured I’d also take the time to look at my notes for Book 4 since that’s the one I’ll be writing come November. I pulled up the document for it, and I suddenly remembered why I hate titles: I suck Continue reading
Getting ready for NaNoWriMo
Well, I’m getting pretty excited about NaNoWriMo starting up soon. I’m hosting the write-ins at the Jasper Public Library, and I’ve got the signs up already to get people thinking about it. Our director’s husband may join us; he likes to write a lot and is a hilarious guy to be around, so it’d be cool if he came. I mailed information packets out to all the county high schools, middle Continue reading
Book 2 Notebook 2
I’ve just started in on the second notebook for Book 2. Woo! Mind you, these notebooks aren’t very large, probably about 5″x7″ or so, and I started the first notebook back in March of 2007, so this is a long time in coming. Still, it’s exciting to know that Book 2 is finally really getting underway. I had been having so many problems with the story simply dragging its feet, and now Continue reading