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The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc
synthesis:
Thanks for that, Craig! Although, they also blew a hole through someone's house, but hey, that works too :D
I've yet to reveal to very many people that I'm trying to write a book, but I also realized that support is very nice!
*edit--apparently a beer later and I can't distinguish whole from hole
Starbeam:
I should probably start posting here again. Over the weekend I ripped about around 15k out of my WiP. But probably actually more cause I cut some while replacing with rewrites. Rewrites are a bitch, especially when you're a quarter of the way in and another piece clicks and negates everything you've *just* rewritten. ...And I have about seven pages still to type up. (yes, I write longhand.)
Oh, and this--
--- Quote from: Nickeris86 on March 09, 2012, 02:58:00 AM ---Honestly my thinking place is in the bathroom. I have come up with some good plot points while taking a long shower or brushing my teeth.
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One thing I've seen suggested for this kind of thing is a dive slate. Amazon has a bunch of different sizes.
synthesis:
@ Starbeam
This was something I've been wondering about--I started ripping through (one of the major plot revisions you talked about) and revising last weekend. But then I couldn't quit. I'm wondering, is it better to revise or just to make a note to go back and just keep working ahead with whatever change you made?
As for the long hand, I'm a legal pad and blue pilot pen addict :P Everytime I get stuck on something, I have to step away and go "old school"
Starbeam:
--- Quote from: synthesis on March 30, 2012, 03:08:40 AM ---@ Starbeam
This was something I've been wondering about--I started ripping through (one of the major plot revisions you talked about) and revising last weekend. But then I couldn't quit. I'm wondering, is it better to revise or just to make a note to go back and just keep working ahead with whatever change you made?
As for the long hand, I'm a legal pad and blue pilot pen addict :P Everytime I get stuck on something, I have to step away and go "old school"
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If it's something completely major that changes a lot, I go back. If it's not something so much, I keep going. But in this instance, the first revision changed when and how a couple characters were introduced. I kept having a sticking point at just about the 10k point, because I had an organization that I couldn't give a motivation to, and my husband kept telling me to rip it out or introduce it later--I kept saying that wouldn't work, but in this latest revision, I figured out how to do it and make it work. Which mean I had to kill pretty much everything past about 7k.
My writing notebook right now is a Mead 5 subject, and I've just gone into the second section. My pen of choice is black, or blue at work, Pilot easy touch. The ink just flows.
And yay! I've almost got it all typed up tonight. And tomorrow's a day off, so I'm hoping to get quite a bit written between running errands and leaving for a con.
Paynesgrey:
There was a Literary Challenge on the STO game forums that meshed perfectly with a *much* later chapter in my story. Spend 3 days cycling things in my head, sat down and hammered it out tonight to make the deadline. 3,000 words, and when I fill out the sections I skimped on (had to fit it into the character limit for the forum) it's going to jump to about 5000 words.
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