I'm starting to feel much better about doing the book alone.
I think it will be a better book for it too.
Doesn't matter that we took him off that boat, Shepherd, it's the place he's going to live from now on.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Gudanov - Aug 12, 2009 10:05:57 am PDT #1996 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Gudanov - Aug 13, 2009 5:30:15 am PDT #1997 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I revised chapter 1 again and I'm starting to really feel good about it. It feels tight.
Gudanov - Aug 13, 2009 5:54:54 am PDT #1998 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I also added this current revision to my 'Evolution of Chapter 1' blog page for those ones of people interested in seeing the process of going from rough draft to final revision (not there yet).
And yes, my mom left a comment.
Burrell - Aug 13, 2009 8:43:03 pm PDT #1999 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I had a major a ha! today about my story and what was wrong with it. I think I may be able to fix it and finish it by Christmas.
Beverly - Aug 13, 2009 11:18:59 pm PDT #2000 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yay, Burrell!
And go you, Gud!
Barb - Aug 14, 2009 4:37:19 am PDT #2001 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Yay, Burrell and woo hoooooo Gud!
I'm still all preeny-like over the great email from Agent of Awesomeness.
Gudanov - Aug 14, 2009 5:13:44 am PDT #2002 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Go Burrell!
That sounds good Barb preen away!
I'm in revised chapter 9 and it is proving tough. I know I need to do some cutting, but cutting out the stuff I can lose and stitching together the stuff that's important is turning out to not be easy. Chapter 8 was so much easier by comparison.
I'm entering a tough part of the draft in general. I knew there needs to be a lot of cutting in the next 3-4 chapters of the rough draft. Once I get to the middle of the draft, it should get easier since a LOT happens in the middle. The middle is my favorite part of the draft.
Beverly - Aug 14, 2009 8:25:53 am PDT #2003 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Gud, what helped me was to make a timeline of events that had to happen, in the order which they had to happen. From there I added things in, sort of a layer at a time. It helped me to see what moved the story forward and what was scenery, so even though some of it was nifty, it was easy to see it could go and not slow down the narrative.
I used that trick more than once for tough decision-making.
Burrell - Aug 14, 2009 8:57:27 am PDT #2004 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks for the support. I wish I had time to write today. Instead all my writing energy is going towards rec letters, course syllabi, assignment sheets, and the like. BO.RING.
Gudanov - Aug 14, 2009 10:58:12 am PDT #2005 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I used that trick more than once for tough decision-making.
I may have to get more organized like that if it gets any trickier. I think chapter 9 will manage to work, I guess you'll see if it will or not, but 10 might be even trickier unless I can throw out enough to hit the next major event quickly without much stitching. Chapter 9 is very much a getting from point A to B chapter that has to resolve the end of 8 and convey some information. I think I can get away with it since Chapter 8 is pretty high octane and Chapter 10 starts out with major character conflict.