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bodgei

shooting low

Oct 22, 2012 17:29

I signed up for a mini-nano. The stated goal is 250 words a day. I know that the writers reading this blog are thinking something along the lines of ‘that’s it?’

But it is November and shooting low is the best I can do. I travel for work in November and when I travel for work I’m on the go from 7:30 am to about 11 pm, that doesn’t leave time for a ( Read more... )

writers block

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trystan830 October 22 2012, 22:00:13 UTC

I.....have no idea, really. Guess I'll find out Nov. 1st.....

bodgei October 23 2012, 00:36:15 UTC

yeah, you seem like you are either on or off when it comes to writing. But you do blog on a regular basis

trystan830 October 23 2012, 01:26:59 UTC

This is true. Some days I feel like I'm the only one on LJ.....

bodgei October 23 2012, 10:55:37 UTC

When I go to blogger I feel like everyone is there and I can't get to anyone LOL

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cornerofmadness October 23 2012, 01:38:34 UTC

ugh to the block. MOstly i put the blocked story away for a few weeks, reread it and try again

bodgei October 23 2012, 10:54:46 UTC

That is kind of what I did, I sat down and wrote a lot of blog posts (well like 5). I've written the intro to the story 3 times now from different POV.

The story touches on something horrable that happend here in the 1830's and it just may be to horrable for me to write about.

cornerofmadness October 23 2012, 14:29:17 UTC

yes i can see how that would happen

bodgei October 24 2012, 11:01:56 UTC

Oh compleatly - and I've never been one to write historicals. I'm, as my husband would say, "a little nerved up" about it.

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So sorry about the WB! tree_lady October 25 2012, 00:50:31 UTC

I hope the shooting low NaNo works for you! If you find you can only do half that each day, you'll still be ahead by that much! Better than zilch.

After more no-fiction-writing months than I care to count, I wrote nearly a whole short story a week ago. Me, a short story. I must have slipped briefly into an alternate universe. Anyway to answer your question, I got back into the swing of things thanks to a deadline set by Marina at Scribblers. But you already know how deadlines help.

Congrats on the novel & finishing the revision! Remind us of publication day!

Re: So sorry about the WB! bodgei October 25 2012, 01:21:25 UTC

publication day should be soon.

After all of the editing I wrote a 10K story very quickly - but since then not so much.

The thing I'm trying to work on has Duffy's Cut I have the chericters and an idea... but not much else yet