Comments on: What Kind Of Day Has It Been? http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/ Between lightcross and shadowcross, Story awaits... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:56:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brandy Ackerley http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Brandy Ackerley Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:47:06 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-381 I just saw this project! And it’s awesome! I’ve got 3 books on the run that I’m working on, and I’m trying to get somewhere between 750 – 1000 words a day… I think that’s about intermediate level. Either way, I wrote about 1200 words today… I don’t have any exact count, but I’ll start keeping track. This sounds like a great way to keep motivated. I just saw this project! And it’s awesome!

I’ve got 3 books on the run that I’m working on, and I’m trying to get somewhere between 750 – 1000 words a day… I think that’s about intermediate level.

Either way, I wrote about 1200 words today… I don’t have any exact count, but I’ll start keeping track. This sounds like a great way to keep motivated.

]]> By: Jessica http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Jessica Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:48:38 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-333 Had a long and successful day. 3330 words. I remapped/plotted the middle to the end. Shuffled a lot of scenes, old and new. I'm also giving Cait a more pro-active role. Tomorrow I shift to getting back on track with daily writing. A warm welcome to all the newcomers / new posters! Good luck with your wip's and writing goals. :) Had a long and successful day. 3330 words.
I remapped/plotted the middle to the end. Shuffled a lot of scenes, old and new. I’m also giving Cait a more pro-active role.
Tomorrow I shift to getting back on track with daily writing.

A warm welcome to all the newcomers / new posters! Good luck with your wip’s and writing goals. :)

]]> By: Dean H http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Dean H Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:18:04 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-329 2463 for Friday 10,099 for the week really pleased with my progress this week the end is nigh only 20k to go. I'm hoping to have the thing nearly finished in the next two weeks then I can go back to the beginning again and again and again. Dean H 2463 for Friday 10,099 for the week really pleased with my progress this week the end is nigh only 20k to go. I’m hoping to have the thing nearly finished in the next two weeks then I can go back to the beginning again and again and again.

Dean H

]]> By: Jessic@ http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Jessic@ Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:39:39 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-328 Got my word count, 2400 for today. It was a really good session, the words just flew onto the screen and time melted away as I worked. My MC is stuck down in a mine shaft and the entrance just caved in on her. Now she'll have to find another way to get out. Along the way, she'll save a man who's been held captive by a troll, only to have to decide if she can take his life to save her own. I'm very sad to have to start a new job tomorrow after being laid off for months, it gave me time to write. Now, I'll have to find a new rhythm, :( But, I gots to eat, so work I will. Got my word count, 2400 for today. It was a really good session, the words just flew onto the screen and time melted away as I worked.

My MC is stuck down in a mine shaft and the entrance just caved in on her. Now she’ll have to find another way to get out. Along the way, she’ll save a man who’s been held captive by a troll, only to have to decide if she can take his life to save her own.

I’m very sad to have to start a new job tomorrow after being laid off for months, it gave me time to write. Now, I’ll have to find a new rhythm, :( But, I gots to eat, so work I will.

]]> By: Danzier http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Danzier Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:50:20 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-327 Back on track, now. 1109 words on PH2--I found the broken spot, fixed it, and finished my scene. Then I wrote the next one, where MC can't free his friend who he just had to buy. I hope the agony came through well. In Owls, I pinned down the source of conflict--two very opposite religions, and what happens when they collide, and one character breaks all the rules of the other religion and has to face some consequences inflicted by the antagonists. No words, but a lot of planning. Note cards on the way! : D Back on track, now.

1109 words on PH2–I found the broken spot, fixed it, and finished my scene. Then I wrote the next one, where MC can’t free his friend who he just had to buy. I hope the agony came through well.

In Owls, I pinned down the source of conflict–two very opposite religions, and what happens when they collide, and one character breaks all the rules of the other religion and has to face some consequences inflicted by the antagonists. No words, but a lot of planning. Note cards on the way!
: D

]]> By: Larkk http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Larkk Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:29:48 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-325 :D ! 567 words starting on a scene that I had sketched out to be off screen. I was curious about how it would play out here in the first chapter. That made me wonder what other stuff might be in my little pile of prewriting, so maybe I’ll make some time to collect it onto scene cards. The reading assignment for HTRYN is really drawing me in, so I spent quite a bit of time on that too. :D !
567 words starting on a scene that I had sketched out to be off screen. I was curious about how it would play out here in the first chapter. That made me wonder what other stuff might be in my little pile of prewriting, so maybe I’ll make some time to collect it onto scene cards.
The reading assignment for HTRYN is really drawing me in, so I spent quite a bit of time on that too.

]]> By: WandersNowhere http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-324 WandersNowhere Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:28:39 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-324 Hi Holly, Just joined this! Hope I'm posting to the right place for Write a Novel With me. Just bought your plot clinic too, am reading through it now, and it's awesome! My book's going solidly. I ploughed out a good 1000 word or so scene which was a fresh addition, not featured in the movie script (which I'm still using as a blueprint). I realised the heroes had a brief, boring journey ahead of them to get to the next port of call. I was going to cut straight to the heroes' arrival but it seemed too sudden, and I decided to take the chance to hop POV and see what the villains were doing. The first scene I wrote flopped, and flopped badly, because i was toying with introducing a bunch of throwaway characters for the Rider's assassin cadre to flex their killing muscles on, but it felt like filler and WAS filler, so I threw it out. As with my prologue, I took Holly's advice and started in the middle - cut to the bloody aftermath of the battle, and Rider's somewhat novel interrogation of the last survivor. In doing so I filled in a plothole (How DO these guys get into the castle later?) I wasn't even aware of, completely by accident. Win! Hi Holly,
Just joined this! Hope I’m posting to the right place for Write a Novel With me. Just bought your plot clinic too, am reading through it now, and it’s awesome!

My book’s going solidly. I ploughed out a good 1000 word or so scene which was a fresh addition, not featured in the movie script (which I’m still using as a blueprint).

I realised the heroes had a brief, boring journey ahead of them to get to the next port of call. I was going to cut straight to the heroes’ arrival but it seemed too sudden, and I decided to take the chance to hop POV and see what the villains were doing.

The first scene I wrote flopped, and flopped badly, because i was toying with introducing a bunch of throwaway characters for the Rider’s assassin cadre to flex their killing muscles on, but it felt like filler and WAS filler, so I threw it out.

As with my prologue, I took Holly’s advice and started in the middle – cut to the bloody aftermath of the battle, and Rider’s somewhat novel interrogation of the last survivor. In doing so I filled in a plothole (How DO these guys get into the castle later?) I wasn’t even aware of, completely by accident. Win!

]]> By: Deb1789 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Deb1789 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:41:44 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-322 1437 words!! I started to write this scene last night, but my computer crashed, dumping everything I wrote. I was so depressed I didn't even post an estimate of my words, just went to bed. Tonight made up for all that and then some!! It was one of those times when the words just Fly, absolutely amazing!! 1437 words!!
I started to write this scene last night, but my computer crashed, dumping everything I wrote. I was so depressed I didn’t even post an estimate of my words, just went to bed.

Tonight made up for all that and then some!!

It was one of those times when the words just Fly, absolutely amazing!!

]]> By: Jessic@ http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Jessic@ Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:18:25 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-321 I've been reading along on here for a while now and thought maybe I should join you all in sharing the writing experience. I found your site, Holly, and was amazed that someone would give all this information for free! I read the whole site and decided it was time to write that novel I've always wanted to write and could never finish. I started my draft at the beginning of January and so far have written almost 50k words. It feels great. Thank you so much, Holly, your an inspiration. Wrote 1,200 words today, hoping for at least 2000 tomorrow. Happy writing! ;) I’ve been reading along on here for a while now and thought maybe I should join you all in sharing the writing experience. I found your site, Holly, and was amazed that someone would give all this information for free! I read the whole site and decided it was time to write that novel I’ve always wanted to write and could never finish.
I started my draft at the beginning of January and so far have written almost 50k words. It feels great. Thank you so much, Holly, your an inspiration.
Wrote 1,200 words today, hoping for at least 2000 tomorrow.
Happy writing! ;)

]]> By: Danzier http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Danzier Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:27:02 +0000 http://talysmana.com/37/what-kind-of-day-has-it-been/#comment-320 I'm attacking the concept of the antagonist having his own POV and good solid reasons for thinking what he thinks, and in the process he split into two people, one who fights outright and one who starts fighting and then switches sides. Once again Holly's HTTS Modules have been just the ticket. The unnamed story is now codename: Owls, and my main piece which is still broken is PH2. Yes the 2 refers to draft number; draft one was edited to death... So about 1300 words, all pre-write, all necessary, all trying to build an opposing force that isn't a world-shattering evil, just a different POV. And I'm having more fun writing Owls than I ever did with PH2. I’m attacking the concept of the antagonist having his own POV and good solid reasons for thinking what he thinks, and in the process he split into two people, one who fights outright and one who starts fighting and then switches sides. Once again Holly’s HTTS Modules have been just the ticket. The unnamed story is now codename: Owls, and my main piece which is still broken is PH2. Yes the 2 refers to draft number; draft one was edited to death… So about 1300 words, all pre-write, all necessary, all trying to build an opposing force that isn’t a world-shattering evil, just a different POV. And I’m having more fun writing Owls than I ever did with PH2.

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