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The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc
Starbeam:
All righty. I've finished my errands, and I have around 3 or 4 hours before my husband gets home. I mostly know what'll happen in the next few scenes, so I'm hoping to get quite a bit done. And if the cats interrupt me, I'm gonna splash 'em with water.
synthesis:
I had to laugh at the cat comment, Starbeam . . . same at my house, only it's two dogs & 2 cats. Pets just do not grasp the whole "I'm writing" concept :P
I was extremely proud of myself today . . . I wrote a chapter, loved the way it came out, but hated the direction it took (it sort of cornered my main character in a place I didn't want her to be in). But, I managed to work her back out of it in the next chapter without having to plot serious revisions :P
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: cenwolfgirl on March 29, 2012, 03:54:48 PM ---thanks and well done any tips for edditing as i am getting to that stage for my first book now
the one i am mostly talking about is the siqual to the first one because i curently have to wait for sooper spell checkers to finnish with it
but its turt me some things about time manigment and asking someone to spellcheck 24,000 + words in one go is unrialistic
got to go do bio coruswork dam ;D
good luck with all your witting everyone
CWG
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My two suggestions are
1) if you do it yourself. Be prepared to stop creating for a while. While you go back over and over and over again the same line. Pimping it for flow and readability. As well as all those nasty comma and grammer mistakes we all make.
2) the much preferred option is to get someone or someones you can trust. Give it to them a chapter or two at a time. Preferrably one or two per day. You send it, they revise and offer suggestions, you keep what you like and dump what you don't, all with a very nice thank you. and then move on to the next section. Finding someone who can help you with this is hard. My advice is ask and keep asking, and be prepared if the people you ask, want you for help back in return. Be honest and open about what you need and what you can do. Don't take rejection personally. Also try a few different sites like this one.
Baen's Bar, Hurog, Ilona andrews. Find out which ones have something close to what you're looking for. Put in some time before the mast helping others, and then try it. Alternately I think local colleges have people who will help you for a small fee in their tutoring section.
I have no magic answers. Just like writing, hard work and perseverence. And once you find someone to help, make sure they're good and then keep them if at all possible.
The Deposed King
cenwolfgirl:
thanks thats realy helpful i have a few people i can ask witch
i will do when they wake up as it around 6:50 am right now and it would not me a good idea to wake them up
thank you
CWG
cenwolfgirl:
okay finnished my chapter got past the 9000 barier this morning witch is realy good and the day has just begune so might actualy get another chapter done to day
i have done about 500-600 words in about two hours and been posting here so my day is ging well
good luck everyone with your writting
CWG ;D
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