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Untitled 3 days ago

I’ve always loved writing and want to write at least one novel. I just need to think of a great idea first and find the time!



sabryn My ankle is telling me it's too late to start running now.

The more I read 4 days ago

the more conflicted I become about what I write.

Those of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook have seen part of my frustration with my current reading material. The main problem is that my current source of reading material is my mother, who all of a sudden is only interested in reading “good” writing, which to her means depressing stories. And I’m not saying she’s wrong. I’m just a little worn out from her selections.

Not that they’re not good. They are. Take tonight’s reading, The Bright Forever. Excellent book. Read it in a sitting. But damn.

I read these books, and then I look at my own writing and think “fluff.” But then what I want more than anything else at this very moment is some fluff. Something happy and silly, something to take me away from the dark world I’ve just climbed out of.

Problem is, I’m not great at writing happy and silly, either.

Which is probably why I’ve not written much lately.



Learning Log Version 0.5 1 week ago

I’ve posted a test partial version of the novel on my website. As far as tests go it was extremely quick and successful. I had anticipated problems and none materialized.



RebeccaB67 is taking pictures!

thinking big 1 week ago

Everybody wants to write the great American novel, right? I guess I’m no different.

I actually have one about half finished. I haven’t worked on it lately because of the insanity of my life. I would love to finish it, even if it never gets published. Just so I can say I did it. Maybe I’ll start getting geared up for nanowrimo this year and finish it.



A good start 2 weeks ago

I’ve got 8500 words and a loose outline. I am starting to feel like I can do this. I have so much more to say. I need to sharpen up my outline before I continue. That will be my goal this week.



Essentially done 2 weeks ago

I have now completed the first complete round of revisions. Anticipating completion of second and final round of revisions by September 09. I wrote about this on my blog in an entry titled “THE END.



Spiriality is editing her story.

Second Draft 2 weeks ago

Hello,

I’m on the second draft of my novel. My first draft was kind of like a skeletal outline of my novel. It is quickly developing into something else. Better of course!

More characters are entering the picture, and the characters that already were there are more defined now. The story line takes on different twists and turns as I write this second draft. I’m actually excited to come home and write it down!



Untitled 2 weeks ago

I have a lot of ideas for many stories, but I have yet to put my foot down and get out of my own head long enough to pick one and run with it. Such is the life of a man with A.D.D. hehe. Right now I’m writing short stories in an effort to grow that particular part of my brain. I’m 27 and I have been writing poetry since I was 14, thus my mindset when I put pen to paper is usually to describe or enact in few words, or with a set rhythm, yet convey as much feeling and visual reference as possible. I find that while writing a paragraph I tend to be overbearing with details, or too simple. Finding a midpoint between too broad and to specific will be one of my biggest hurdles. Also, It will be difficult to draw the story out rather than have it either hit a wall or conclude too early. We’ll see how it goes.

When I manage to write a chapter, rather than an entire story that is as long as a chapter I’ll update.



sabryn My ankle is telling me it's too late to start running now.

Breakthrough 2 weeks ago

Been thinking a lot about my books lately. And writing parts of them in my head, though I have committed very little to type. However, I realized tonight that what I should really do is combine books 1 and 3. The stories dovetail nicely, and meshing them removes my “now what?” roadblocks. Sweet.



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