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The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc Part II.
Wordmaker:
Thanks, man. Now I get to move on to the heroes' recovery from the Darkest Hour section.
The Deposed King:
Its all in a day's work, DP!
157k - Falon Half Blood (although speaking of today I have been slacking it up pretty hard core and too busy reading other people's books instead of my own like i should have)
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gatordave96:
Made it to 8k in my second book, "Tyrant Without Equal." And I wrote some scene/sequel outlines. It is slow work getting started on the sequel.
Anyone else have those problems starting a sequel? Or did it start flowing off the page from Day One?
Wordmaker:
I always struggle with beginnings. Starting my first book was hard. Starting the second was so much harder!
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: gatordave96 on July 05, 2013, 07:19:59 PM ---Made it to 8k in my second book, "Tyrant Without Equal." And I wrote some scene/sequel outlines. It is slow work getting started on the sequel.
Anyone else have those problems starting a sequel? Or did it start flowing off the page from Day One?
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I've found that the worst thing you can do when you stop writing for a night, is to put up your winner hands, declare the chapter is finished and go to bed. Don't just leave a new chapter header up there for tomorrow. Instead write at least two paragraphs of the opening for that chapter. That way when you wake up in the morning you aren't left scratching your head and going huh. Will I ruin things if I start this way, or where in the heck do we go from here!
Its the same thing with a new book. Try to write at least a chapter, maybe two of the sequel immeiately after the end of your book. Throw it in as a sneak peak for book 2 in the back of book one, or book four for the end of three etc. You might still feel that little bit of blah feeling when taking up the new project but that whole I need 'research' before figuring out where to pick up next angle is totally blown out of the water. There is your new beginning now you just need to follow your plot (written down or mental) and naturally proceed from that.
Plus even if you screwed up the new beginning you can always delete it with that new and better idea burning a hole in your brain!
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