The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc

[gatordave96]

Up to 161k.  Feels good to end a scene and then think . . . ooh, there's an idea for another scene.

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

I normally write in bed, lying down, on a laptop.  My back only likes me doing so much of this in any given timespan; and given that I wrote Thursday, my plan had been to sit up watching dumb movies and the like last night, and to write today; and I have ended up with my back still not wanting to lie down today, damn it. So probably tomorrow.

[Darkshore]

Good job everyone! Sadly with college in sessions I've fallen way behind. With only a chapter and an epilogue left to write it's killing me that I can't find time to finish this draft.

[shades of grey]

I've finally picked my metaphorical quill back up.
1k today, tomorrow, the world!

[cenwolfgirl]

my mother is a blaber mouth
she told a friend (of hers) about one of the books i have finished
said friend has a (family member) who owns a publishing business
he has asked to see a sample of said book
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !
the book is not ready yet (i know this for a fact some of the chapters still have spelling errors in them)
what the hell am i going to do ?

[The Deposed King]

my mother is a blaber mouth
she told a friend (of hers) about one of the books i have finished
said friend has a (family member) who owns a publishing business
he has asked to see a sample of said book
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !
the book is not ready yet (i know this for a fact some of the chapters still have spelling errors in them)
what the hell am i going to do ?

Get a friend who can help you proof read and crank through it looking for errors.  You can do this in today since its still the weekend.


The Deposed King

[cenwolfgirl]

small problem other then the blaber mouth mother my only RL friend has four legs a tail and likes chacing tennis balls she can not read english

witch is one of the reasons i have so much time to write
but yes its the weekend
its a long weekend
i can do this? maybe 

or at least i am going to do my best to get this done

[Snowleopard]

Get the first three chapters done up as perfect as you can make them and
do an outline of the whole story.
3 chapters and an outline is what many publishing places ask for.
You can add a note saying that you have the rest of the chapters but they
need to be proof read first.
That way you keep everybody happy and you don't kill yourself.

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

Through pass on chapters 8-20 of the book that comes before TISBWO  on Sunday; one more day like that and I will be through this pass, then I have to sort the supplementary material out (I am cutting three chapters for pacing, and that means rearranging all the chapter-header quotes and emails and stuff) and then that thing will be done.  I'm pruning about 10% of the wordcount in general on this pass; this really was fairly overwritten.

Also, as things that seemed cool when I first wrote this in 2002, the thematically significant statues of weeping angels ?  Have to go now, damn it.

[The Deposed King]

166k

and hopefully here we go again.


The Deposed King

[drewavera]

I'm 15 pages into my first attempt at writing a novel. This is a lot longer than anything else I've ever written, including the long college papers I copy and pasted from google lol. I'm new here so I look forward to some bits of advice and seeing everyone else's stories...

[Paynesgrey]

Broke 40K last night.  Been averaging 600-700 words a day, but I need to sit down and have a couple good 2K sessions. Those seem to happen when I hit a milepost scene where it's Fun and not Work.  Up side?  In the leadup to one of those now...

[cenwolfgirl]

well done everyone
i have not written anything for a few days i havee been busy
but my sample was sent off to the publisher yesterday
witch is exciting and terifying at the same time
i am being destracted by school things so wont have the chance to write for a wile

good luck everyone
CWG

[Lanodantheon]

Added a Cover Image to my Amazon Studios Project to make it more visible.


It's a very simple thing using a Public Domain image of the Andromeda Galaxy, a Creative Commons Star Trek font and a quote,


"Enlisted Men are stupid...


But extremely cunning and sly...


They bear considerable watching..."


-Origin Uncertain, but still true in the 24th Century


Note: at the time of this writing, my project is ranked 42/639. Hazzah...

[Crazed]

The greatest part to reading this section of the forum is that I keep seeing so many others having the same issues but finding a way to keep going forward with their writing.

Everyone, good luck with your endeavors as a writer.  Like the great and wise oracle known as the Deposed King, I spent a lot of time in the past not finishing projects.  I know that like the Deposed King, I will keep moving this time.

Kept on writing.  Past page 270 today.