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tigerpaw

tigerpawProgress, Aug 25 2009

Done:
- Location and main character descriptions written
- Chapter division finalized and chapters planned as much as I’m going to before Nano starts
- Test chapter-ish things written: 4/5
- Background books read: 6/10
- generic background documents written: 3

To do:
- Write at least one more test chapter
=> before end of August
- Read the rest of the books
=> before end of September 3 years ago


tigerpawProgress, July 7 2009

Done:
- Location descriptions written!
- Main character descriptions written!
- Plot pretty much planned chapter by chapter
- Test chapter-ish things written: 4/5
- Background books read: 5/10
- generic background documents written: 3

To do:
- Write at least one more test chapter
=> before end of July
- Finalize chapter division
=> before end of August
- Read the rest of the books
=> before end of September

This seems scarily easy now. I thought I have a hundred thousand things to do, but turns out I’m ahead of schedule. Maybe it’s a good idea to let this thing rest a while, write something else, and then return to it afresh later. 3 years ago


tigerpawProgress, July 1 2009

Done:
- All location descriptions written!
- All main character descriptions written!
- Plot tentatively planned chapter by chapter
- Test chapter-ish things written: 2/5
- Background books read: 5/10
- generic background documents written: 2

To do:
- Write maybe 5 test chapters (to break my writing in and to see how long they will actually be)
=> before end of July
- Make out definitive chapter division
=> before end of August
- Read the rest of the books
=> before end of September
- Make rough notes for the content of each chapter
=> before NaNo starts 3 years ago


tigerpawProgress this far

Done:

- Background books read: 5/10
- Location descriptions written: 4/9
- Main character descriptions written: 6/9
- Background documents written: 2
- Test chapter-ish things written: 1/5
- Plot tentatively planned chapter by chapter

To do:
- Write location and main character descriptions
=> before end of June
- Write maybe 5 test chapters (to break my writing in and to see how long they will actually be)
=> before end of July
- Make out chapter division
=> before end of August
- Read the rest of the books
=> before end of September
- Make rough notes for the content of each chapter
=> before NaNo starts 3 years ago


tigerpawProgress this far

Done:

- Revieving my material and chapter division started
- Background books read: 4/10
- Timeline established
- Plot planned very roughly
- Location descriptions written: 3/9
- Main character descriptions written: 3/9
- Background documents written: 1
- Epiphanies on what this novel is about gotten: 1

To do:

- Write location and main character descriptions
=> before end of June
- Write 5 test chapters (to break my style in and to see how long they will actually be)
=> before end of July
- Make out chapter division
=> before end of August
- Read the rest of the books
=> before end of September
- Make rough notes for the content of each chapter
=> before NaNo starts 3 years ago


tigerpawProgress this far

Done:

- Background books read: 3/10
- Timeline established
- Plot planned very roughly
- Location descriptions: 2/10 done
- Main character descriptions: 2/10 done

To do:

- Decide whether I have the right amount of content for one medium-length novel
=> asap
- Write location and main character descriptions
=> before end of June
- Write 5 test chapters (to break my style in and to see how long they will actually be)
=> before end of July
- Make out chapter division
=> before end of August
- Read the rest of the books
=> before end of September
- Make rough notes for the content of each chapter
=> before NaNo starts 3 years ago


tigerpawProgress this far

Done:

- Background books read: 2/10
- Timeline established
- Plot planned very roughly
- Location descriptions: started


To do:

- Figure out where I need more information
=> ongoing
- Decide whether there’s enough (and not too much) content for one novel in my proposed plot
=> asap
- Make out chapter division
=> before end of June
- Read the rest of the books
=> before end of July
- Write location descriptions
=> before end of August
- Write maybe 5 test chapters (to break my style in and to see how long they will actually be)
=> before end of September
- Make rough notes for the content of each chapter
=> before NaNo starts 3 years ago


tigerpawProgress this far

Done:

- Background books read: 1/10
- Timeline established
- Plot planned very roughly


To do:

- Figure out where I need more information
=> ongoing
- Decide whether there’s enough (and not too much) content for one novel in my proposed plot
=> asap
- Make out chapter division
=> before end of June
- Plan location descriptions
=> before end of August
- Read the rest of the books
=> before end of July
- Write maybe 5 test chapters (to break my style in and to see how long they will actually be)
=> before end of September
- Make rough notes for the content of each chapter
=> before NaNo starts 4 years ago


tigerpawThis is fun!

This is so much fun! I’m making charts and lists, reading background information, thinking about it a lot, and basically trying to make, in advance, next November as easy as possible. Here’s hoping I don’t get bored. 4 years ago


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