Genesis Earth – Page 22 – One Thousand And One Parsecs

Some things to work on

I just recently moved in to a homestay, where I’ll be living with an Arab family until the end of the summer. You can read about it on my other blog. It’s nice to have a routine now, because I have time in the evenings to go on my computer and write.

The Wormhole Paradigm (I’m going to change that horrible title…ugh) is currently at 16,000 words, and I’m finally caught up to where I was by the end of English 318. There is still a LOT to work on, though, and a lot of this applies to The Lost Colony (gotta change that title too) as well. Here are some of my thoughts:

Update from Jordan

So I haven’t updated this blog, and the blog stats show a steadily declining readership. But don’t worry, even though I’m halfway across the world, I’m still writing…

Down to the last stretch

…in more ways than one. School is coming to a close, I’m making my final preparations for the study abroad, and this novel is only one or two chapters from completion (in rough draft form, that is. Very rough draft form). Now that I’m almost finished with this draft of the novel, I’m able to see a number of things I’ve learned about writing from the experience…

I’m starting to get to the really cool parts…

…in both of my stories. In The Lost Colony, Leila, who’s a native of this somewhat primitive civilization that doesn’t understand spacefaring, stows away on a shuttle and experiences space for the first time. Pretty cool! And in The Wormhole Paradigm, tension builds as they set off towards the planet, anticipating that the aliens will intercept them at any time. When they don’t, Mike almost has a nervous breakdown–but that’s about 1,500 pages down the road. Altogether, I wrote 3,000 words tonight. Holy Cow!

There was also a Quark writing meeting today, and it really surprised me…

3,000 words tonight

Just another daily update on my writing progress:

Recap on tonight, and something strange

1,000 words, split between the two stories I’m working on, but something happened that made me a little uneasy…

4,000 words in two days, and the universal law of awkwardness

Yep. 4,000 words in two days–2,100 yesterday for the wormhole story, and 1,900 today for The Lost Colony. Both stories are progressing very, very well. It’s a lot of fun to write in them both.

90,000+ words, 300+ pages, and I’m going to bed

That’s just about it. I did some revision of The Wormhole Paradigm in between classes, and that was actually quite satisfying. After homework, wrote in The Lost Colony for a while, and it’s coming, slowly and surely. I’m tired and starting to get loopy, so I had to end in the middle of a scene, but other than that it went well. Now, must rest…tomorrow…blegh.

Thoughts on Writing Groups

It’s been really interesting to compare my experience with the Quark writing group with the writing group in English 318. There really is a lot of contrast between the two, and that’s helping me to understand what works and what doesn’t, and what writing groups are good for and not so good for…

Progress and sadness

First, I wish to note with great sadness the passing of President Gordon B. Hinckley. He was a great man who had a deep and lasting impact on my life. I don’t doubt that he is in a better place, reunited with his wife, but for me, here on Earth, it is still very sad. He will be greatly missed.

I heard about the news when I was at a friend’s house, writing in The Wormhole Paradigm for English 318…