I'm a bit sad about it, but I think it's best to just go to bed. There's no scene that's bursting out from me, so I think I can wait. ;)
There were some medical things going on with my family today. Thankfully, all is well. But I didn't get time to write and now I'm just too burned out to concentrate.
I hope to get back to writing tomorrow, otherwise I will just have to rest up so I can start JulNoWriMo on Friday with a bang. ;) Maybe I can somehow get 10,000 words to just come out and then I'd already be 1/5 the way to winning it. I can dream, right? LOL
So, good night everyone. No new word or page count tonight.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Almost done with Chapter 10!
I finished a huge chunk of it tonight. All that's left is to write a bit of the background leading into the scene and connecting the two related scenes I have in the chapter. The chapter is basically Eliza filling Calista in on a few things, and then she shares a memory of hers, which tells a bit of her story. Then it will be on to Chapter 11, which I think will include Calista meeting Lucas for the first time.
I'm not sure if I can end the story in Part III, or if it will be so long and involved that it will require a Part IV. We'll see when I come to that. ;)
Word count is 27,505 and page count is 89. Getting close to 100 pages! Woohoo!
I'm not sure if I can end the story in Part III, or if it will be so long and involved that it will require a Part IV. We'll see when I come to that. ;)
Word count is 27,505 and page count is 89. Getting close to 100 pages! Woohoo!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Losing a bit of steam...
I'm hoping it's just temporary. I didn't write at all yesterday. I was first busy for most of the day, and when the evening rolled around I had a nasty headache. It was just too hard to be creative when feeling like that. :( Today, I was also busy and started to not feel good again. I did get some research done, and did a bit of writing tonight. Not a whole lot, though.
The kids are going camping this weekend with my parents, so I'm hoping, with some alone time, I can get a huge start in JulNoWriMo. I also have plenty to do around the house too, though. We'll see how it all goes.
JulNoWriMo starts Friday. Funny - a few days ago I was worried I would get over 50K before July even started. Now, I'm still hovering around 25K (25,123 to be exact). But if I can write with that speed in July, I should be able to win JulNoWriMo since the majority of that word count was done in under two weeks.
Now, to bed. ;)
ETA: So, as I was lying in bed, I got another idea that I had to write down. Word count is now 25,940 and it's 83 pages. ;)
The kids are going camping this weekend with my parents, so I'm hoping, with some alone time, I can get a huge start in JulNoWriMo. I also have plenty to do around the house too, though. We'll see how it all goes.
JulNoWriMo starts Friday. Funny - a few days ago I was worried I would get over 50K before July even started. Now, I'm still hovering around 25K (25,123 to be exact). But if I can write with that speed in July, I should be able to win JulNoWriMo since the majority of that word count was done in under two weeks.
Now, to bed. ;)
ETA: So, as I was lying in bed, I got another idea that I had to write down. Word count is now 25,940 and it's 83 pages. ;)
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Chapter 9 hath been conquered!
Chapter 9 - done! All 1,830 words of it. ;) I'm kind of second-guessing it already. In it, Calista confronts her mother and demands answers. I sort of feel like not much is revealed and it sort of goes in circles - but maybe that is what I want to convey? The family secrets wouldn't just all come out in a quick discussion, after all. I won't worry about it now. I just want the story written, and then I can worry about the technicalities in edits.
Word count is now 24,290 with 78 pages typed. I'm hoping to work on Ch. 10 tomorrow sometime. This chapter may prove to be a bit more difficult. It will center more on Eliza, and I'm still struggling on how to write her dialogue. I want her accent and manner of speaking to be apparently Irish. But I'm thinking I will have to work on that in edits with research and possibly the help of a native-speaking Irish person. Again, may just work on getting story written and I can always go back and fix any historical inaccuracies or accents later.
ETA: Had to update word count. A bit of a scene suddenly came to me so I wanted to write it out quick. So, count is now at 24, 739 and the new addition also bumped me up to 80 pages. :)
Word count is now 24,290 with 78 pages typed. I'm hoping to work on Ch. 10 tomorrow sometime. This chapter may prove to be a bit more difficult. It will center more on Eliza, and I'm still struggling on how to write her dialogue. I want her accent and manner of speaking to be apparently Irish. But I'm thinking I will have to work on that in edits with research and possibly the help of a native-speaking Irish person. Again, may just work on getting story written and I can always go back and fix any historical inaccuracies or accents later.
ETA: Had to update word count. A bit of a scene suddenly came to me so I wanted to write it out quick. So, count is now at 24, 739 and the new addition also bumped me up to 80 pages. :)
Friday, June 24, 2011
Chapter 8 - done!
I didn't do a whole lot of writing tonight. Instead I've worked on research and organizing things in the story. I also have a computer that was being most uncooperative for a good portion of the beginning of the night. We had a little discussion, and it has decided to be a better behaved little PC for awhile now. I promised it a new screen saver or something if it will cooperate. ;)
Anyways, yes I have finished chapter 8. It was almost finished already. It just needed a lead in from the preceding chapter. So I wrote a couple of pages for that and voila! chapter done!
As of tonight, word count is 22,471 with total pages of 72.
Anyways, yes I have finished chapter 8. It was almost finished already. It just needed a lead in from the preceding chapter. So I wrote a couple of pages for that and voila! chapter done!
As of tonight, word count is 22,471 with total pages of 72.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
My Insane Title Post
Okay, going to preface this with a warning - this is me brainstorming. This post might just be a jumble of "what the HECK was that?" ;)
When I'm going through other parts of my day and not writing, I'm often thinking of the title. I'm not sure why it's bothering me so much, but it is. So I'm going to list possible titles here, so I don't forget them. Maybe something good will pop out.
Working title is Destiny Remembered.
Came up today with Discovering Destiny and Forgetting Fate. I'm kinda liking that. Or maybe just Discovering Destiny, Forgetting Fate. Of course I could also write it as Destiny Discovered and Forgotten Fate or something like that. Or Discovering Destiny, Fighting Fate? Hmm...
Have also thrown around the idea of fighting destiny, but Fighting Destiny isn't ringing for me and I can't think of another phrase that sounds better and expresses the same concept.
As posted earlier, the whole destiny thing could be done different ways too:
Destiny Reinvented
Destiny Discovered
Destiny Rediscovered
Forgotten Destiny
Destined to Heal (not liking this at all, but do like including the gifts in there)
Destined Gifts
Have also thrown around somehow bringing up the lineage/ancestry to the original ones in Ireland. Can't think of good words or prhases for it, though.
Also have thought of talking about the gifts themselves in title. I've thought of centering on the hands since the healing often goes through them, they use holding hands to share memories, experience feelings, etc. The hands titles I come up with just sounds creepy though. Like Hands of Healing...I don't know it just gives off this sketchy vibe. And she does more than heal. Gifted Hands - sounds like a tagline for a prostitute specializing in a certain - ahem - specialty. LOL Hand in Hand is just way too vague for me.
So yeah, still not sure which direction to go with all of this!
ETA: Random words and title ideas:
Impeding Destiny
Impeding Fate
Battling Fate
Taking Over Destiny
Whispering Darkness
Children of Prophecy (Daughters of Prophecy? but isn't only women)
Anxious Shadows
When I'm going through other parts of my day and not writing, I'm often thinking of the title. I'm not sure why it's bothering me so much, but it is. So I'm going to list possible titles here, so I don't forget them. Maybe something good will pop out.
Working title is Destiny Remembered.
Came up today with Discovering Destiny and Forgetting Fate. I'm kinda liking that. Or maybe just Discovering Destiny, Forgetting Fate. Of course I could also write it as Destiny Discovered and Forgotten Fate or something like that. Or Discovering Destiny, Fighting Fate? Hmm...
Have also thrown around the idea of fighting destiny, but Fighting Destiny isn't ringing for me and I can't think of another phrase that sounds better and expresses the same concept.
As posted earlier, the whole destiny thing could be done different ways too:
Destiny Reinvented
Destiny Discovered
Destiny Rediscovered
Forgotten Destiny
Destined to Heal (not liking this at all, but do like including the gifts in there)
Destined Gifts
Have also thrown around somehow bringing up the lineage/ancestry to the original ones in Ireland. Can't think of good words or prhases for it, though.
Also have thought of talking about the gifts themselves in title. I've thought of centering on the hands since the healing often goes through them, they use holding hands to share memories, experience feelings, etc. The hands titles I come up with just sounds creepy though. Like Hands of Healing...I don't know it just gives off this sketchy vibe. And she does more than heal. Gifted Hands - sounds like a tagline for a prostitute specializing in a certain - ahem - specialty. LOL Hand in Hand is just way too vague for me.
So yeah, still not sure which direction to go with all of this!
ETA: Random words and title ideas:
Impeding Destiny
Impeding Fate
Battling Fate
Taking Over Destiny
Whispering Darkness
Children of Prophecy (Daughters of Prophecy? but isn't only women)
Anxious Shadows
Just an update...
Not a whole lot of exciting stuff to report, but figured I would do my nightly post.
I did a little research into the "norms" of word count of first-time novels sent to publishers. After seeing that most publishers want to see slightly under 100,000 I have made that my new goal. 50,000 seemed too little. I'm almost halfway there already and not halfway through the story. Anything more than than and it's likely publishers won't bother looking at it. So 100,000 shall be my goal. I'll try to get 50,000 of that done during JulNoWriMo. ;)
I did split off chapter 5 like I mentioned earlier. I also did a bit of writing to try to make scenes flow better into each other, and also to flesh some things out more. I am now up to beginning chapter 8. Still thinking it will be around 30, possibly 40 chapters, roughly 1,000 to 3,000 words per chapter. If you do the math and average it out, it's about the 100,000 word ballpark I mentioned. I've read that a 100,000 word novel is probably about 300 pages in paperback form. So that does sound like a good size.
After the bit of writing I did tonight, my word count is now 21,733 and it is exactly 70 pages.
I did a little research into the "norms" of word count of first-time novels sent to publishers. After seeing that most publishers want to see slightly under 100,000 I have made that my new goal. 50,000 seemed too little. I'm almost halfway there already and not halfway through the story. Anything more than than and it's likely publishers won't bother looking at it. So 100,000 shall be my goal. I'll try to get 50,000 of that done during JulNoWriMo. ;)
I did split off chapter 5 like I mentioned earlier. I also did a bit of writing to try to make scenes flow better into each other, and also to flesh some things out more. I am now up to beginning chapter 8. Still thinking it will be around 30, possibly 40 chapters, roughly 1,000 to 3,000 words per chapter. If you do the math and average it out, it's about the 100,000 word ballpark I mentioned. I've read that a 100,000 word novel is probably about 300 pages in paperback form. So that does sound like a good size.
After the bit of writing I did tonight, my word count is now 21,733 and it is exactly 70 pages.
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