Just keeping myself honest…
Tag: The Lost Colony (Trunked)
Breaking 79,000
Another update on my novel…
Yay! And, simultaneously, uh oh!
So, I wrote 1,181 words in the novel today, just by focusing on it and getting it done, and I was really satisfied with the result! The more days I have like this, the more confident I am that this novel is working out well and that it might not completely suck by the time I finish it. However, I heard a piece of advice from Sanderson today in English 318 that made me think that I might be digging myself into a mess…
It is hard to put in 1,000 words every day!
But I did it tonight. And I know what can help with this in the future…
797 words and I’m getting loopy.
That’s approximately the word count. Didn’t quite hit the 1,000 goal, but I’m getting to that part of the night when I get REALLY loopy and REALLY tired, so I’m having trouble writing coherent sentences. Time to let the goal rest for the next time…
1,500 words and some struggles
So now I’m caught up to the point in my story where I wanted to be by the end of break. I sat down in the library and it just flowed out. Good stuff.
However, I’m starting to have some doubts about this story…I don’t know…
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1,191 words and another novel idea
Tomorrow this novel will officially be my longest novel attempt. I put in another 1,191 words, but it’s not progressing as quickly as I’d like. Blah blah blah boo hoo is it really going to be as awesome on paper as it is on my mind what if it doesn’t go anywhere blah blah blah. I’m going to finish it and I really don’t need to worry about anything other than that.
Except for this: English 318, the sci fi novel writing class with Brandon Sanderson is starting in two days. What if I have to start a new novel in that class from the beginning?
I am 500 words from 70,000
Holy cow! And English 318 starts in a couple of days! I hope Sanderson will let me continue working on this novel for the class–but if not, I have some other cool ideas. I may have to do like Aneeka and write two novels at the same time, but I’m definitely going to finish this one by April (rough draft, at least)!
This makes The Lost Colony the longest novel attempt that I’ve ever made…
1,282 words and something I’ve noticed
Well, I put away Alpha Centauri long enough to make some real progress in this story of mine. I put in 1,282 words today, and now I’m right at the part where I wanted to be about a month ago. But you know, I’ve noticed something interesting…
2007 Winter Reading Challenge
I saw this reading challenge on my friend Gamila’s blog, and it looked interesting so I decided to join. Basically, you set a goal to read a certain number of books this winter (it should be winter of 2008, but meh), post the list, and then post updates and/or reviews as you go along. Since I’m already doing something like this for one of my New Year’s resolutions, I thought I’d join in. Here is the list: