Weekly Progress Report -- Sacrifices
Project: Sacrifices
New Words: 500
Present Total Word Count: 4,250 words
Goal: 125,000 words
Things Accomplished in Fiction: Smoothed out some setting descriptions. Worked out how to write from a dog's viewpoint and create a pack mentality.
One complaint I heard from the UWG on Monday was how the pacing seemed too fast. I know part of that is due to the shorter chapters, but I'm going to leave any changes along those lines until I'm through with Draft Zero. My writing style tends toward the lyrical, but I'm pulled by inclination toward "popcorn" reading, as evidenced by my fascination with the pulp reprints (and now Under The Dome, which I picked up on Saturday). You can probably gather this is one of the reasons I'm calling this book a fusion of Charles de Lint-Stephen King. So the complaint is valid, but it tells me I'm on the right course. Which is one of the reasons I've focused on smoothing out my settings. I want to do a better job creating the pieces that will let readers visualize my scenes. Then they're mine and along for the ride.
Thanksgiving holiday will be all about plotting out the next section. I think I need to deal with the dog vs. mower aftermath while introducing some other plot threads, especially those that build the back story. The main part stretches forward from early summer to early winter. Another part focuses on things that happened before current events (and one of which I used as a two-page prologue).
17 / 500 pages. 3% done!
Things Accomplished in Real Life: I'm six weeks into my new diet and workout. Still only about a dozen pounds to show for my effort--except that's only as far as the scale is concerned. I had to switch to a smaller belt for my pants, shirts hang looser and my face seems quite a bit thinner compared to what it looked and felt like before my birthday back in October. I'm keeping the calorie intake under control, but I need to get my exercise down. Two or three days a week isn't enough; I need all five.
New Words: 500
Present Total Word Count: 4,250 words
Goal: 125,000 words
Things Accomplished in Fiction: Smoothed out some setting descriptions. Worked out how to write from a dog's viewpoint and create a pack mentality.
One complaint I heard from the UWG on Monday was how the pacing seemed too fast. I know part of that is due to the shorter chapters, but I'm going to leave any changes along those lines until I'm through with Draft Zero. My writing style tends toward the lyrical, but I'm pulled by inclination toward "popcorn" reading, as evidenced by my fascination with the pulp reprints (and now Under The Dome, which I picked up on Saturday). You can probably gather this is one of the reasons I'm calling this book a fusion of Charles de Lint-Stephen King. So the complaint is valid, but it tells me I'm on the right course. Which is one of the reasons I've focused on smoothing out my settings. I want to do a better job creating the pieces that will let readers visualize my scenes. Then they're mine and along for the ride.
Thanksgiving holiday will be all about plotting out the next section. I think I need to deal with the dog vs. mower aftermath while introducing some other plot threads, especially those that build the back story. The main part stretches forward from early summer to early winter. Another part focuses on things that happened before current events (and one of which I used as a two-page prologue).
17 / 500 pages. 3% done!
Things Accomplished in Real Life: I'm six weeks into my new diet and workout. Still only about a dozen pounds to show for my effort--except that's only as far as the scale is concerned. I had to switch to a smaller belt for my pants, shirts hang looser and my face seems quite a bit thinner compared to what it looked and felt like before my birthday back in October. I'm keeping the calorie intake under control, but I need to get my exercise down. Two or three days a week isn't enough; I need all five.