So I was thinking about my story the other day, and about how the first chapter contains a lot of old sci fi cliches but not a whole lot of the unfamiliar. I was trying to figure out what original concepts I could throw in there and how to make the point of view a lot closer to the viewpoint character (Ian), when I had this great idea…
Tag: The Lost Colony (Trunked)
500 words and a major rewrite of the first chapter
Ooh, boy, I’m going to be tired tomorrow!
3,000 words in the past 2 days
And it’s late tonight, but I don’t have anything until 10 am. Just another update on things.
The writing’s not coming so easy
Yeah, and it’s kind of annoying…
1,673 words tonight
Man, it’s been a busy week–and a busy weekend! The days are really flying by, and it seems like I’ve got a hundred more things to do than I’m capable of doing. To complicate things, probably the biggest stress on me right now is finishing this novel…
Not a lot of progress…
Just another update on my life and my writing…
2,578 words tonight…whew!
Booooooooooooooo yeah!
A curious situation
This funny thing happened to me during church on Sunday, and it’s been puzzling me recently. I almost forgot about it, but it came back to me during work. It doesn’t have a whole lot to do with writing, but I thought I’d post it here to see if anyone could help me understand what’s going on…
Writing can be…surprisingly touching
I spent about four hours writing in my novel today, and as I was writing, something completely unplanned and unexpected happened, and at the end of it these two characters were kissing, and it just felt…really good. It really touched me and made them feel like real characters. I sound kind of sappy blogging about this here (and really, the writing itself is probably pretty sappy as well–it’s a rough draft, after all), but it just felt so right…
Thank goodness it’s Friday!
Yes! Thank goodness! Got out of class at two and, after taking care of some chores and stuff, went down to the Provo library for a good two or three hours and just wrote in my novel. It was definitely a lot cooler than anything else I could have done…