Sooo — I finished the second story. Or at least I got to the end of it. Is it the best thing I’ve ever written? Ah, hell no. Is it at least not bad enough that I feel as though I can post it? Yes. I’ll print it, read it out loud, clean it up […]
Yes, I’m still doing my Baker’s Dozen challenge. I wrote for two days on a story that I couldn’t really get into shape, and so had to change, start writing a different story, one that I believe I’ll be able to finish by Friday. What happened with the first one? Two things. 1–I know it’s
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Wrote about 1500 words on the new story tonight. Did about 1000 last night, which is actually more than it seems because I wrote the start of this story three times by hand before I finally typed it up. It keeps fighting me — switching between a memoir and a first-person story. I keep running
I put up “Hell By Any Other Name” this afternoon. You’ll find the story here for free until I finish the next one. It’s already made it through the Smashwords meatgrinder, and you’ll find it for $.99 here. Where this story came from: I started this story last Saturday. I’d been talking with someone about
I don’t want to say that I missed the mark. I didn’t. I finished the story tonight — all 7300 words of it. Instead, I’m moving the mark. I could format the story and put it online tonight. But I think it’s more important that I read it through one more time when I’m awake
The bad news is that I’m only at around 5500 words typed for the story. The good news is that the story isn’t much longer, only maybe another 1500 words before I’m finished. I’m still going to try to get it up for Friday, but it might be Saturday, and that’s okay. I’m already starting
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Ah, the unsexy part of writing. When you have to become the world’s strictest boss with yourself, while at the same time judging if your physical pains will affect your writing too much. Those of you who never get sick or suffer can just stop reading now. I’m talking to the rest of us.
Finished “Hell By Any Other Name” tonight. Wrote about 1500 words, which I think is right for the story. Now remember, this is the first half of first draft. I’ve written everything out by hand. I’ll type it up Wednesday and Thursday. Friday I’ll proof it and publish it. Just in time to start the
When writing a story about ghosts, and thinking a lot about ghosts and hauntings and other scary things, going down into the basement without the lights on isn’t the smartest idea. Particularly if you plan on sleeping sometime tonight. In other news, I wrote another 2000 words today. Brings me up to 5000 for this
Only about 1000 words today. But I have the first three scenes written, and I’m very pleased. Tomorrow night I should have more time, unless this story drags me in and I must!write! in the morning. (And by written I mean all hand-written. I’ve gone back to that for first draft. It means I’m slower