I intended to post here more this month, maybe even including an actual article to get back into posting thoughts on writing. I even have some new ones on viewpoint I probably should articulate. However, my day job is as an accountant, and its year end, so my out of work energy levels have been low enough that writing is hard, and nothing else is happening! Ten days in, how do I stand? I've written 6,171 words out of a goal of 25,000 for the month. Not up the standard I was making for ... Read more »
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December Writing Goals
So, coming off of NaNoWriMo, I have decided that I am going to attempt, at least for December and January, setting monthly goals and continually updating here and elsewhere. Which has led to a new tag being set up on the Pen - 'Monthly Goal.' Under this tag, I will be spending December and January updating as I write on my progress towards my goals - 25,000 words in December, and to finish Changeling's Fealt in January, basically. If I meet these goals, Fealty will be my sixth completed ... Read more »
NaNoWriMo Finish Line Retrospective
As of now, Changeling's Fealty stands at 50,141 words. I've met my NaNoWriMo goal. What comes next? Well, accounting exams. But first, some retrospective. When I started NaNoWriMo, I hadn't written anything significant in about nine months. Despite having story ideas I wanted to work on, I never quite around to sitting down, firing up the word processor, and writing. My one attempt faded at literally about 400 words. I don't think it was so much the goal, but the encouragement ... Read more »
NaNoWriMo; and the scene that’s hard to write
2,098 words today, 47,082 total. Less than three thousand words to the goal for the month, though a LOT more than that to finish the story. One of the scenes I wrote this week was difficult. It was something I knew was going to happen from the moment I started the story, but as I wrote I got to know one of the characters involved better and became somewhat attached to him. Getting to know him better also made the scene harsher than originally planned, as he turned out to be a much better ... Read more »
NaNoWriMo – The Home Stretch
2078 words today, and 42,179 total. The story is arching towards its first climax and major scene changer. This is a roughly the midway point of the story, I think. From here on, our hero is a bit more focused on solving whats been laid before him - its about to get personal, and there are about to be time limits. My goal is to break 50,000 words by or on Saturday, and then mostly leave it alone until Thursday - I write a major accounting exam for my designation next Wednesday. I'm ... Read more »
NaNoWriMo – Cold Iron Ball Bearings
And no, that is not a euphenism. 2,719 words today on NaNoWrimo. 40,101/50,000 total this month. So, since the last time I posted about Fealty on here, I've gone from 'adorably awkward first date' to 'claymore mine loaded with cold iron ball bearings.' (Cold iron in this case being defined as cold hammered cast iron. I'd hate to be the poor bastard tasked with making the shrapnel for claymore mines). Someone was expecting Fae. They caught some. Including our poor battered ... Read more »