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meg_evonne:
I just finished an online writing course. When it comes to the dialog that you said slows you down. One of the pros in this class apparently set her computer to center and plugged it out quickly. None of that other stuff was written down in the rough, rough draft--such as what did who say and how they said it and all that stuff that slows you down.
I have a memory problem when my head is going 100 times faster than my fingers can go. The trick really worked wonders for me and kept me moving at a faster rate of speed. Once down, then you can always go back and get it into normal novel format. So it looks sort of like this:
Okay forget the example, blasted centering tool isn't working. But you can get my drift. Name in center, next line the action centered, then the dialog.... Sort of like script writing I guess. Really fast, really easy & keeps you moving forward.
None of the others in the class thought it helpful, but my Pooh size brain really did! Did some nice work today on my piece, both in planning in my head and getting a lot of it into word doc.
Best wishes as you go forward! Meg
Kelli:
My current project is at 25k words, and I'd say it's around 2/3-3/4 finished. It was intended as a short story originally... oops.... guess I'm writing a novella instead.
Kathleen Dante:
My current WIP is at 33k. Just about one-third of the way through.
::update::
Just crawled past 55k.
TragicKingdom:
My finished book is about 58000 words. In the editing process, this should plummet significantly. I love to trim the fat off of my books. Literary-lyposuction (I'm sure I spelled that wrong). It keeps it healty. :D
Suilan:
ca. 350k, and that's after cutting and tightening. But in my defense: it's a fantasy trilogy. Hope to finish the current draft (the 5th or so) by the end of the year and start looking for an agent.
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