1. But first, I printed out the first 50 pages and read it through, as I was having trouble locating the "emotional core" of the draft ( Read more... )

1.Yes, am feeling the strain of belly against top button ( Read more... )

1. I tried and "won" NaNo back in 2008. It was marvelous fun, and as most people confess, the end result was an interesting jamble. I thought I had a clear idea of where I was going (beginning middle more middle end), and had fun making up toe-curlingly fun details as I went along, but the end product was only pretending to be a single novel. It ( Read more... )

1. Yes, drafting began with NaNo. I don't think it was completely a coincidence, though I'd like to think it was. ("oh no, I don't do NaNo. It doesn't work for me" blah blah blah. which is also true ( Read more... )

1. Saturday is my deliberate time off day, but it was pretty itchy making to stay away from the story, to take walks, eat bad things, laze. I might have to reconsider this notion as it disturbs the writing engines ( Read more... )

1. Sleep schedule is busted due to Wednesday's night owl writing, then going on another writing binge. Will have to figure out what works. Especially as the brain likes buzzing around after midnight, even as the body protests.

2. Last week, caved and ordered "fun," gobble up books, which arrived this morning.

3. Sadly, pterry's Snuff is rather ( Read more... )

1. Was up from 12 to 4 writing, and now my daylight time is a bit skewed by grogginess. Styrofoam head, and invisible leach to the spine ( Read more... )

1. NaNo's funnny in that it makes me rein in and start with everyone else. Even though I thought I was churning along at a manageable pace ( Read more... )

1. Melo of the high tears and family griping drama sort ensued on Friday, resulting in no bean in the pot. And some feathers ruffled. (but not further if I can help it and put a stop to this nonsense). Which came to a few firm-making decisions ( Read more... )

1. I spend weeks, months, writing out details, workings, relationships between characters, outlines, snippets, mostly by longhand, and when I get around to turning up for the daily slog, I mostly forget about looking at my notes, and go by instinct. I'm going to assume they've been absorbed. Otherwise, it's too annoying ( Read more... )