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meg_evonne:
Uhm... New YA advanced writing class through Mediabistro with St Martin's editor Brendan Deneen that starts July 7th. In the last twelve months has completed 13 deals--most scifi/fantasy. Should I or shouldn't I, and money might be an issue for me. Anyone interested in taking the class with me? You can find details at mediabistro.com, click online classes, scroll until you find it. The staff assured me that every week my assignment (10 pages, plus you must crit everyone's 10 pages every week as well) will be read and critiqued by Brendan. I'd need a completed outline for my Hamlet YA...
Sir Huron Stone:
I'm currently at 8,697 words after three days of work. Is that good?
Starbeam:
--- Quote from: Sir Huron Stone on June 30, 2011, 10:48:26 PM ---I'm currently at 8,697 words after three days of work. Is that good?
--- End quote ---
Pace of writing varies from person to person. Daily wordcount for me can vary a lot on whether I have a clear idea of what I'm writing or not, and if I'm rewriting from an earlier draft.
meg_evonne:
SHS - yes.
Congrats!
Lanodantheon - cool!
Nuero - as always that is great
Nic - yes to the 2K words. I am not able to keep track by words. I just write for one to two hours in the morning, generally finished one scene each time. The turtle works too. Hang in there and congrats!
And with that many blasted exclamation points, I'd better sign off...
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
First round of this pass finished.
The last third of the thing is generally pretty smooth, other than one chapter where there's a conversation that slows down pacing; I want pacing slowed because it's the lull after they think the main issues are resolved and before they realise the way they will turn out not to be, but it may be too much. And I need to rethink one ship name that does not work, and I need to possibly slightly change the balance in the second-last chapter for thematic echo reasons. And I need to shuffle some meals around, because I am a person who really likes food and tend to write food I like pretty much intuitively, and while it is an objective fact that tempura lotus root is delicious and any of my characters would be happy to have some, it has occurred to me that when you are trying to evoke the Odyssey, who does the actual eating of lotus has a certain significance that fits some places much better than others.
Most of the work still needing done is going to go on the first few chapters, I think. But it's another long weekend, and this much done today means an earned pause tomorrow yay.
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