Still hanging in on there on schedule. But I'm doing it by rushing. I feel like all pretense of quality has gone out the window. And why the hell not? part of me argues. This is the first draft, it's supposed to suck and basically be an outline on steroids. I'm still finding the story ( Read more... )

Up until now, I've been slightly ahead of my schedule. Now, I'm right on. I am hoping a week off after Christmas will give me a boost so I don't get too far behind. However, life has gotten more complicated in the last week, and not in good ways (long story short: my older nephew got in a bad car accident over the weekend. My brother and mother are ( Read more... )

One day late, but not a dollar short ( Read more... )

First off, congrats to all my flisters who either won NaNo or did NaNo this month. Hard work is what counts, not 50,000 words ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I finished the chapter I wanted to have done by the end of the month. It's gone back and forth from being referred to as "chapter 14" and "chapter 13" multiple times. Currently, it's chapter 14 again, because I realized there was an additional scene I needed to insert earlier in the story. That earlier scene isn't written yet, and I don' ( Read more... )

I have almost finished chapter 12. I'm starting chapter 13 this week, which, because of the reshuffling, is actually the chapter I've been referring to as "14" in all my weekly goal references. So technically, today I'm starting the chapter I wanted to finish by the end of this month. I don't want to use that as an excuse to get overly ambitious. ( Read more... )

Finished chapter 10, although I reshuffled a few things and chapter 10 became chapter 9 and vice-versa, but both are drafted. My old chapter 12 disappeared, and chapter 13 has been split into 12 and 13, so same number of chapters, same schedule. Welcome to the fluctuating world of the first draft.

Note to self: When you're still working out the ( Read more... )

I've reached that point in my first draft where the story is getting bogged down and going in a million directions at once and I'm not sure which way it ought to go, or if what I have outlined for the middle and end is right for the story. Certainly, a lot of the "directions" it wants to go in would involve scrapping the later planned scenes (oh, ( Read more... )