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Raemaren and Juili: 19,951 2014/12/13 (since 7th, so average of about 2,800 a day)
I've spent a lot of time the last two days fixing car as it failed NCT (like UK MOT) on Thursday morning at 9.30am. Retest is 20th.
I realised I'd left out a part, wrote a chapter, realised it needed to be in the middle of 1st chapter. Chopped resulting chapter in two. I prefer to avoid any re-write or edit till a complete arc of first draft of the full story is done. Even if it's only 1/2 the final content. How short can it be for a YA novel.
Highest body count so far of anything I've written (nine now I think, some historic deaths). An 18 yo calling down missile strikes and the 13 yo has shot two with her pulse carbine (but you'd do the same, honest!).
 
Phyrebrat said:
I would hate to miss this opportunity of outing the following members*:

  • Ratsy
  • Cat's Cradle
  • Mouse
  • Chrispenycate
  • Springs
  • Kerry buchanan
  • Victoria Silverwolf
  • Quellist
  • Robert Mackay
  • Glisterspeck
  • Remedy
  • johnnyjet
  • jastius
  • David Evil Overlord
  • Darkchrome
Who are ALL working on their SS5 assignments...:sneaky:

I HOPE!

pH
*some of whom may or may not have already submitted stories ;)
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Noooooooooooooooooooooo!
 
I decided to do a bit more just after 10pm till midnight
1527: 2014/12/13, 2840 late 2014/12/13
so another 1300 ...

Must be near 22,000 as I added a little here and there ... This is looking like it might be a 40K YA. But it's likely to grow a lot on 1st revision
 
Officially added the last scene to my novel. Total length is 87600 words. I'm done, and now I'm going looking for editors.

Title: In Defense of Our Dreams.
 
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The Bravest Newbie said:
Officially added the last scene to my novel. Total length is 87600 words. I'm done, and now I'm going looking for editors.
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A couple of reccommendations, maybe? Our own Teresa Edgerton and Boneman are both fabulous editors and much more competititve pricewise than many you might find. :)

A difficult little arc semi put to bed, I hope. A few other key scenes still to be deepened and strengthened.
 
Another 400 words added since 8am. Now 9am. Must have breakfast.
Why is the ... I won't know till after breakfast. The characters and events are running on their own. They are not following my plan.
 
Decided that the first chapter may actually work as is. Not sure. Hmmm.

Anyway, I've got the crude lump of steel for the Kraxon eclipse story, now I need to hammer it upon the anvil of redrafting.

And I may start vague musings on the possibility of the next not-necessarily-heroic adventure of Sir Edric (and Dog).
 
springs said:
A couple of reccommendations, maybe? Our own Teresa Edgerton and Boneman are both fabulous editors and much more competititve pricewise than many you might find. :)

A difficult little arc semi put to bed, I hope. A few other key scenes still to be deepened and strengthened.
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Where can I find them?
 
thaddeus6th said:
Decided that the first chapter may actually work as is. Not sure. Hmmm.

Anyway, I've got the crude lump of steel for the Kraxon eclipse story, now I need to hammer it upon the anvil of redrafting.

And I may start vague musings on the possibility of the next not-necessarily-heroic adventure of Sir Edric (and Dog).
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Ooh, I've started the Kraxon one too. Race you! :)

The Bravest Newbie said:
Where can I find them?
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@Boneman and @Teresa Edgerton - I think if you click on the link it takes you to their profile?
 
I think you'll win. I appear to have recently been cursed with absent-mindedness [which is slightly ironic, given what the story's about].
 
I'm re-writing a "novel" that I originally wrote about 12 years ago. Back then, 14,000 words was a novel for me. I'm making it longer (much longer) and developing the characters and plot more.

It follows Earth's first starship, which, on its maiden voyage, gets thrown back a million years to a distant galaxy. In trying to return to their time, they're sent to several other time periods, including Earth 65 Million BC in time to witness the meteor impact.
 
Wrote no words again today. Thought about finishing arf this or that, when I get home. Might. Probably should.
This is why I don't do the 75wd. It's a lot of words. There are stories sitting that need 75 wds. Better go do that now.
Too bad I'm stuck in a nightclub, or.... well, this will have to do.
 
Have been on a self-imposed writing break, which means I've written 2 short stories :whistle: and organized all my editing notes, plus done a lot of reading on making characters stronger.

I still have two weeks to go before my (lovely) houseguests leave, the kids go back to school and my routine settles back to normal. Confess I am itching to get back into my demon novel, but it needs a full rewrite and I just can't afford to get lost in it right now!!! :cry:
 
As well as still redrafting KA, I'm trying to come up with a longer storyline for Sir Edric's third outing (second isn't out but has been written).

It's surprisingly difficult. 10 chapters/40k words or so fits nicely for an intro, many varied and wondrous things on an epic journey, and then the ending. Doubling the length, I think, requires more than just making the journey longer. Hmm. Perhaps I'm over-thinking things.
 
About 140,000 words out of 200,000 in a very rough draft. Basically, it's the start of an epic fantasy trilogy that follows four people: a rather simple girl, a respected painter, a hunter of the undead and the rather bitter old man who trained him, as their world slides toward religious war. This is, by a very long way, the most ambitious thing I've ever done. I'm quite pleased with the painter's story, so at least a quarter of this thing is going to be all right!
 
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