Writing Progress!

FIFTHWIND · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:

Keep numbers like that coming, and you hit your goal in no time Very Happy

it's all about consistency. Find a rhythm and stick to it.

Nice job! Very Happy

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WishingStar · MODERATOR Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 696

Sorry, Mornara, I'm into the 32000s. Very Happy

Since last post:
733
1,078
1,025
869

Yeah, I am somewhat bored this summer.

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Elanor · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject:

24.07.08: 439
28. 07.08: 371

Yes, I know, I should have been writing on the days between there as well. I'll be better, promise!

mornara · ADMINISTRATOR Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 2621

Yay! another one joins us in the Progress thread!

Congratulations and encouragement to Bubbles, Wishing and Elanor (and possibly Irkan too?). You guys can do it.

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Elanor · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:55 am Post subject:

Today: 385

Hey, how long is a chapter usually? It feels like I just finished one. (Woohoo, btw Mr. Green

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FIFTHWIND · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:02 am Post subject:

Chapters are finished when they conclude that portion of the story, silly. Razz

They come in all lengths, but I'd say that the average is anywhere between 1500 and 4000 words

Congrats BTW Very Happy

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Elanor · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:43 am Post subject:

That's the one. Though that name really stinks. And I have a feeling that it won't fit the story at all. Razz

Oh well, I'll change it some time later, when I've got something better.

I think the chapter has 2115 words for the moment. (But I'm at work, so I'm not certain.. Just summed up the wordcounts I posted here.) And yes, it has concluded this portion of the story Very Happy

And I'm sure it will grow when I tackle it for the second time.

Yay, my first completed chapter! (Well, sort of complete)

FIFTHWIND · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:48 am Post subject:

That's a HUGE accomplishment. Very Happy

Now don't get caught up in the "Chapter One Blues" and edit this thing forever and never move forward.

Read this article I wrote:

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Elanor · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

I've already read it Wink

It is a really good article though, one I bet many (myself included) will find very helpful. And yeah, I've been there. Except I didn't even finish one chapter. I rewrote the same page (!) over and over.. That's useless. The thing never got finished. So now I plan on waiting until I've written through the whole thing until I rewrite anything.

FIFTHWIND · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:32 am Post subject:

Watch out folks... we have a winner on our hands,

Keep writing and don't look back. You'll be done before you know it.

Good Luck. I'm glad to know you. Very Happy

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Elanor · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:03 am Post subject:

Right back at you! Very Happy

Hey, if it wasn't for this place, I probably wouldn't even have got this far.

WishingStar · MODERATOR Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 696

Yay Elanor! Writing stuff is kind of fun, eh?

My recent counts: 324, 367, 349, 428, 732 (ha), 540. Plus a couple hundred on unrelated projects.

I'll let you all know when I hit 40,000 Very Happy

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Elanor · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:58 am Post subject:

Kind of fun, agreed!

447 today.
I started the outlining yesterday! And though it doesn't count, and I should have been writing the story as well as the outline, I wrote almost 800 words. At least it was something useful.

Oh, and WishingStar, you're doing good!

Twoplus · Teller of Tales Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 50

Chapter 1 completed at 3580 words. Writing from Monday was 509, 0, 1023, 885 words, and I'm 16% through my 15,000 word monthly challenge.

So far, so good. And today was a shitty writing day, the boy was unsettled and I had a lingering headache all day. But it worked out in the end, I got a nice hour to myself and my characters said some things to each other that I wasn't expecting.

Still, so much more to go. That's the problem with new projects. Inspiration high, but the road is long...with many a winding turn...that leads us to who knows where...(thank you the Hollies).

2+

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mornara · ADMINISTRATOR Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 2621

5000 words today. Sadly, only 700 of that was book related. The rest was a character exploration that really grabbed ahold of me.

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mornara · ADMINISTRATOR Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 2621

Another 1000+ words tonight! Whatever is going on in my head right now, it's good!

That makes a cumulative 6000+ words in less than 24 hours! One of today's pieces will be posted in the Casual Lab.

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The owl cried outside as I slept, dreaming of my own death.

"Religion is for the people who are afraid of hell. Spirituality is for the ones who have already been there." ~Running Hawk, Lakota Nation

To allow for the existence of one god, we must allow for the existence of all gods.

Elanor · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:24 am Post subject:

866 today

I want to write more, but then I'm thinking "Why not save it until later?" So I think I'll stop here. But I can always write other stuff, can't I?

Elanor · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:13 am Post subject:

414, having fun.

Twoplus · Teller of Tales Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 50

Fun = good Smile

I'm about to maul my antagonist with a desperate and starving animal. I would have broken 5000 words, but my son woke up and is now sitting in my lap. Typing veery slowly.

What's your fun moment in writing today?

2+

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WishingStar · MODERATOR Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 696

862
332
437
1,014 since last post.

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Miri sustain you and welcome you home,
and harmony make your house its dwelling-place.
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Elanor · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:07 am Post subject:

393 + 842 on another project.

Quote:

What's your fun moment in writing today?

My MC encountered another person, and it was this man that made it fun. He's a quirky character, and I really enjoyed writing him. This also made the writing itself easy; I was at peace with the story, and could feel it bubbling within me! Cheezy as that may sound Razz

Twoplus · Teller of Tales Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 50

It's great when the writing comes easy like that Smile

I've had a bad day today as the small man didn't sleep much. I had the day off yesterday, but that means now I can't skip on today's wordcount. 350 words before bed or else. I don't think they are going to be very inspired words!

*Edit* Well I ended up with 612 words, which isn't bad for 40 mins writing. Nothing really exciting, just the end of a scene and the setup for a later scene. And now, to bed!

2+

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WishingStar · MODERATOR Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 696

355 on the 2nd, 910 yesterday, 807 today

Dancing

I broke forty thousand, I broke forty thousand... Dancing

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Miri sustain you and welcome you home,
and harmony make your house its dwelling-place.
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FIFTHWIND · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:31 am Post subject:

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mornara · ADMINISTRATOR Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 2621

WOW!! Congratulations Wishing!!!

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The owl cried outside as I slept, dreaming of my own death.

"Religion is for the people who are afraid of hell. Spirituality is for the ones who have already been there." ~Running Hawk, Lakota Nation

To allow for the existence of one god, we must allow for the existence of all gods.

Elanor · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:56 am Post subject:

Yay, congrats! Applause

That's great.

only 345 here today.

Twoplus · Teller of Tales Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 50

Nice work Wishingstar Smile

Only 573 words tonight, but at least it's moving.

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mornara · ADMINISTRATOR Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 2621

Hey, Wishing and Elanor, are your projects defined enough to start threads for them? It's a valuable way to get feedback and ask questions. And with the steady progress we're seeing from both of you, I'd like to get you settled in threads!

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To allow for the existence of one god, we must allow for the existence of all gods.

WishingStar · MODERATOR Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 696

Unfortunately, no, because I've got maybe two or three more days on this one before I run out of plot. (I know I said that once before, but it's much closer to true this time.) Then I'm going to take a day or two to get a good synopsis down for my next project, since I still need to figure out what happens in which order in that pesky place between the beginning and the end. That one should be longer, though, not to mention actually making sense, and I fully intend to make a thread for it once I start it. (Thanks for stealing my thunder... geez... Razz

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Miri sustain you and welcome you home,
and harmony make your house its dwelling-place.
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Elanor · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:16 am Post subject:

358 today, only 300 on the outline yesterday (writing = not so fun then.. but at least I managed something.)

Defined? Anxious

Uhm, well... Not quite. But I'm working on it. I think I'll get the thread running when I'm done with the outline, and know a bit more about the story myself. And yeah, I'll be asking for help soon enough. You'll wish you hadn't asked.