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The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc Part II.
The Deposed King:
158k - Falon
The Deposed King
The Deposed King:
161k - Falon
162k - Falon
163k - Falon
164k - Falon Half Blood
165k - Falon
166k - Falon Half Blood
167k - Falon
169k - Faalon Half Blood (an 11k day)
The first draft of this novel is officially completed.
hooray!
The Deposed King
gatordave96:
--- Quote from: The Deposed King on July 06, 2013, 03:51:55 AM ---
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!
The Deposed King
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That's good advice. Now, following through on it . . . that's another story. And congrats on finishing the first draft of Falon Half Blood. Did you rush right out and draft the first scene of the sequel afterwards?
Ren:
Finally back to work on Chapter 19...hopefully I can continue writing...schedule changes at work threw me off for too damn long...8P
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: gatordave96 on July 08, 2013, 04:19:17 PM ---That's good advice. Now, following through on it . . . that's another story. And congrats on finishing the first draft of Falon Half Blood. Did you rush right out and draft the first scene of the sequel afterwards?
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I was bad. Up until 0445 am writing and then raised my winner hands and went to sleep. However its clear my ending needs lots of work. So I'll have to write a sneak peak chapter of book 2 to clear every thing up.
The Deposed King
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