One of the biggest problems I was facing with writing OTTCOM was that it was almost completely without any other characters, and certainly less interraction between characters. I'm sure its possible to write and entire book with a single character only, but at some point I want there to be interesting relationships of conflicts, intrigue, and ( Read more... )

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I want my novel to be at least 50,000 words.
If my novel has 10 chapters (which is the plan) then that's 5,000 words per chapter.
If I write 500 words a night, it will take 10 nights to write 1 chapter.
It will take 100 nights to write 10 chapters.

This novel's 1st draft may very well be done before the end of the summer.

"This feeling was so bizarre to me that I did my best to ignore it in every chance that I could because it made me feel extremely uncomfortable anytime I sought to experience anything deeper than the center depth of inertia. A motion sickness so still and so intense that I wanted to purge my own existence from myself. The feeling of vomiting on an ( Read more... )

i'm not entirely certain whether or not this is such a great idea or not... but, i've signed up for NaNoWriMo with OTTCOM. I've got a pocket book thing that i'm writing scraps in now. And I'm going to use Alyssa's computer when I can to type up parts of the book. Of course I'm not pushing myself into the competition and rushing the novel but we'll ( Read more... )

not a big change here, but I'm adjusting the name by which I will probably title the protagonist in this novel... what I have as of now is ( Read more... )

This journal is held exclusively for the purpose of documenting and recording the progress and processes involved in the writing of the novel "Open To The Chemicals of Memories ( Read more... )

at long last, i've finally developed a name for the protagonist of "Open to the Chemicals of Memories ( Read more... )

now and again we feel so alone... those past tragressions that i'd now condone ( Read more... )

I remember once wandering the aisles of Value Village ( Read more... )