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The first time I attempted to write this story, and in my previous novelette, my scenes always seemed to run long. I was inside my characters’ heads too much, or conversations got out of hand and I had a hard …
In today’s scene, my hero and guide character are navigating the literal fallout of the inciting incident as they pick their way through the devastation of the explosion. Actually, while I thought this was going to be an action scene, …
Starting scenes always seems easiest. I have a blank slate and do not need to worry about trying to pick up from what I was in the middle of writing two days prior. I can just look at my notes, …
I’m at least settling into the writing in terms of enjoying and being able to move forward. It no longer feels like pulling teeth. It’s still slow going and I’m barely hitting my word counts, though. I think part of …
Today was my last morning of writing from my quarantine room – hopefully for the foreseeable future. I am so excited to get out of here and back to my home and usual routine – not to mention my usual …
Yesterday, after a disappointing morning where I only got a single paragraph written, I took my bluetooth keyboard to work to type on my phone over lunch. I only made a little bit of progress, but I think that was …
Once again today, most of my time went to the coaching project. This particular client has a habit of turning around my comments in under 24 hours and getting back to me with new questions, so I’m never quite done. …
After clearing up that coaching project yesterday, I had this morning to focus only on my story, and fortunately, there were no early wake-ups to throw off my schedule, so I got in over 700 words. Today, I tried to …
Today, I was finally back working on my story after far too long away with coaching and other issues. So long away, that I’d forgotten where I was with it. In the past, I’ve shot myself in the foot that …
Today, again, I wasn’t feeling much like writing – or doing anything else really – but I pushed myself to get started and, once I did, the words started flowing. This morning, I go back to work after a two …