Tuesday, April 22, 2014

April Camp NaNo and #WriteMotivation Update – Week 3 « The ...


Header image and thumbnail photograph by Hugh Lee and licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Header image and thumbnail photograph by Hugh Lee and licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.



As before, here are the RRFS A-Z Challenge posts thus far!


A is for Apostrophe – Me!

Classical British Poets – Lissa

Consent and You! Why It’s Important to Think About Consent in Your Writing – Eris

The Quirky and Captivating Characters of Discworld – Serena

Let’s Talk About Ellipses… – Rebekah

F is for Fanfiction – Me

Divine Gaiman – Revelations of a Humble Genius – Lissa

H is for Hangover (From Writing) – Eris

How do you Idea? – A Day in the Brain of a Ferret – Serena

J.R.R. Tolkien – A Bit of Gratitude – Rebekah

K is for King (Stephen, that is) – Me

The Meaning of a Letter – Lissa

Martin–as in George R.R. – Eris

The Importance of Non-Fiction to Fiction Writing – Serena

Choosing the Best Opening Scene for Your Story – Rebekah

P is for Pierce, Tamora – Me

Writers are Weird – A Look at Quirks – Lissa

Representation Issues – Eris


And now, my goal updates:


2014-Participant-Vertical-Banner1. Camp NaNo – Finish draft 2 of MGG.

Word count goal: 67,000

Current word count: 65,633


I finished! I finished! I finished!


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Draft two is complete! I finished transferring over the paper edits of my last two chapters on Saturday morning, before I had to head out to see family for the Easter holiday. It was wonderful to have that accomplished before I left town.


I cut out approximately 2,000 words and cleaned up a lot of the story. Then yesterday, because I was still on a high, I rewrote my query and tightened it up. Overall, I’m pretty happy, in case you couldn’t tell. :-)


Of course, we’ll see how long that lasts.


And now, if you’ll excuse me:


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2. Finish 2013 NaNo novel.

I did not make much headway on this goal last week, sadly. I did, however, write about 200 words and get myself past a stuck point, and outlined what happens in the rest of the story. I’ll be hitting this pretty hard this week and next, and if I don’t finish it this month then by golly I will finish it in early May.


How’s your month going?




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