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mugenmineStuck: Day 3?-
Chapters: 1-5 (draft 1)
Total @13.7K
I've got draft. Draft 1 at last. I've carved out a crude thru-line and padded the gaps and put it aside until Saturday. It's weird, usually I take a break between finishing a draft and starting an edit, but since I've got my word habit I just plunged right into the next story. Technically it's still a break. I've scribbled on two new stories. One fic, one not, just to get my words out.I figure I'll just write random crap until Saturday then go back to the edit. I'm a little scared to read it from end to end. But there will be cake to soften the blow. I know it's going to need epic amounts of reworking to make it palatable. All I've got is my bones... I suppose it's something though, a 13.7k, 77 page framework... but yikes, this shit is weak right now. I really hope I can pull it together. There is always the fear that this will be the story that kicks my ass. Will definitely have to buy more red pens to start the bleed.
(It seems I am in first draft pre-read anxiety mode, right on schedule)
I did a scene construction workshop last weekend which will help loads I think, make sure everything that is there, should be there, and stuff that is not, is not. I'm retroactively trying a scene chart that we got to see how I'm mapping...check it out, for each scene I charted the following. It might seem rudimentary, but I think it might be helpful to trim the scene fat.
Chapters: 1-5 (draft 1)
Total @13.7K
I've got draft. Draft 1 at last. I've carved out a crude thru-line and padded the gaps and put it aside until Saturday. It's weird, usually I take a break between finishing a draft and starting an edit, but since I've got my word habit I just plunged right into the next story. Technically it's still a break. I've scribbled on two new stories. One fic, one not, just to get my words out.I figure I'll just write random crap until Saturday then go back to the edit. I'm a little scared to read it from end to end. But there will be cake to soften the blow. I know it's going to need epic amounts of reworking to make it palatable. All I've got is my bones... I suppose it's something though, a 13.7k, 77 page framework... but yikes, this shit is weak right now. I really hope I can pull it together. There is always the fear that this will be the story that kicks my ass. Will definitely have to buy more red pens to start the bleed.
(It seems I am in first draft pre-read anxiety mode, right on schedule)
I did a scene construction workshop last weekend which will help loads I think, make sure everything that is there, should be there, and stuff that is not, is not. I'm retroactively trying a scene chart that we got to see how I'm mapping...check it out, for each scene I charted the following. It might seem rudimentary, but I think it might be helpful to trim the scene fat.
What event(s) occurs in this scene?
Whose POV?
Who is present?
Why is each person there and what does each want now?
Where is this scene taking place?
What time is it - of day, season if applicable, lapse of time since previous scene?
What am I trying to accomplish in this scene? How is the plot being advanced? How does the scene aid character development?
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Date: 2014-02-07 05:37 pm (UTC)And you've discovered one of the reasons why I've been writing different stories. :) I don't find the in-between bigger stories place all that comfortable, but it is nice to realize you can find the words, even if they aren't something you necessarily planned ahead on. Or maybe you did, since you've got how many stories in the series plotted out?
I can see those scene questions being super helpful. They might make me extend my scenes instead of cut fat, but improvements ftw!
Maybe I've said it before, but I like how you've figured out your emotional progression when it comes to writing. I'd love to do that (definitely have new story bursts of energy, and editing blues where I drag my feet enough to create my own swamp...) I'm a little afraid that I won't be predictable. Or too predictable. And stop, or something. Er, I think I'll go and be incoherent elsewhere. :)