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Bones:
I have approx. 42,000 words written of a story. I've found it really difficult to write during the summer because the kids are around during the day so I have to write at night. I'm just too tired by then to really get much done. I've set a goal of 500 words per day but I've already blown it a time or two. :P
As for chapters, I have no set rule. In fact, I'm just using chapters right now to sort out POVs. I plan to combine several chapters when I edit. But I've read books where a chapter would pop up and it would be a page and half followed by a thirty page chapter and it didn't really throw me. I agree with Kali -- the story itself presents the pauses organically so striving for uniformity in chapter length might not be the best thing overall.
Kali:
Having much fun with Camp NaNoWriMo this month. I'm trying not to make the fairies goofy or silly, and for the most part they're not. They take their lives quite seriously. But sometimes... They get into arguments and the insults are all on the level of "big dodohead" and "so's your old man". They make me laugh.
Keeping up with the word count has been pathetically easy so far. I stop every day when I'm over the goal for that day, regardless of how much more I could write. This is all about having fun writing and not about pushing myself to see how much I can do. I'm breaking every "rule" of writing so far, but one's Inner Editor must take a break during any NaNo so it's ok. Things like... Oh, I infodump like crazy and spend a page or more on backstory stuff; I'm making up the fairy-verse as I go, so when I mention that the King is checking on everyone after the winter, I spend close to a thousand words just talking about fairy hibernation patterns. Things that would *never* make it past my fingertips if I were Writing Seriously.
It's just too fun.
Dresdenus Prime:
Well as of now I have around 52,000 words and I'm about halfway through my first draft. Things slowed down quite a bit with the Holiday but I did purchase the program WriteWay (www.writewaypro.com) and I'm loving every second of it. It's really helping to organize my thoughts and make me think about all the little questions that I sometimes forget.
I'm really excited about my story. There are a couple familiar elements to it but I think what's important is how fresh and entertaining I make them when compared with anything else that's similar.
I set an August Deadline for the finishing of my first draft but I'm not sure I'm going to hit that.(Insert crazy 23 month old son who likes to keep daddy from writing ;D)
I know this isn't an easy business, and I may send this manuscript out to 100 agents and get nothing back, but ever since I started writing, I love it. I have an entire series planned out for what I'm currently writing, and I have a gigantic fantasy story that I think will be amazing.
Well, back to the writing board! Future updates TBA! ;D
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
Through pass completed Friday on the thing I want to be working at but am not supposed to be working on. it took seven hours and I kind of forgot to have dinner, but it was satisfying and I hope now I will be able to focus on the thing I am supposed to be working on.
Enjorous:
Just passed 30k on my main project and 5k on a supplemental project. Work is going slower than it was at the beginning of the summer, but I have one month to mad sprint to the end. I'm okay with that.
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