Starting routine hasn't don't much to my organizational skills ( Read more... )

July was kind of slow. At least slow on my writing.
In theory I am revising (but I'm really changing everything from plot line to characters) a young adult fantasy I started last NaNoWriMo. But after reading Donald Maass Writing the Breakout Novel I was sure my story lacked tension, conflict and it was too small to attract readers. So now I'm ( Read more... )

Been out for most of the month and part of the other. Writing of course. I'm working on the huge YA that will take me an awful lot of time. I don't count on finishing soon. But it's big, it's magic and I'm enjoying the whole process ( Read more... )

Second drafts are way easier than the first ones, right? You know your story, you got a sense of your characters, of setting...
It should be easier, but it isn't. At least for me.
A week ago I received one of the most beloved presents from my mom: a box of books right from the States. No novels this time, just how-tos.
I started Writing the ( Read more... )

It’s been a while since I wrote something in here.
Been writing a lot though. I’ve worked on a freelance project that it’s now finished and waiting for some cash (grin). And I’ve also worked on the rewrites for my own WIP. It’s a slow process, I’m trying to decide a lot of things and building so much backstory taht won’t make to this book. But... if ( Read more... )

Maybe it's just me.
But editing seems to be so difficult these days. Not difficult really. But slow. I've never ever really been stuck on a sentence. Never stopped on a word, to think about it for a whole hour.
I've never dreamed about a red pencil circling and circling my wip. Not even when I was a student and had important exams.
But now I do.
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I've always been a big fan of sticking to a project till I finish it and then start a new one. Writing projects, that is ( Read more... )

Been feeling kind of down for a few days ( Read more... )

Been talking too much about my readings, but these days I'm really working on writing as well ( Read more... )