What are you working on right now?

I am re-writing and almost going into a different direction on Chapter 7. It occurred to me after reading it again that I left a major item unexplained to my readers giving them a wishy-washy statement of 'for some unknown reason'. The more I thought about it it dawned on me, that I was taking the lazy way out of giving reasonable statements of why certain events had transpired.

The downside to this is I took out some ideas I like and a verse I am particularly fond of. Now I am half trying to figure out a way to use these ideas later on. Maybe I have some material for another story.

It's a good thing I like writing or I'd be pee ohed.
 
I finished the second book in my Vale series a few days ago. It's "cooling off" before edit/rewrite, so now I'm outlining the third book. I plan to start it at Camp Nanowrimo.
 
TheDustyZebra said:
Because this thread is always teasing me, making me think for a split second that you're back, when I see it pop up there with your name on it.
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Me, too. Great to see you back, @Mouse

I'm deep into editing The Blacksmith's Apprentice. I've docked more than 20k words so far and counting. It'll be a novella by the time I'm finished with it. :)
 
I've just finished my final edit of my sixth novel and I'm currently working on the seventh of a ten-book series.

Er... okay, maybe not.

But, IRL I am now 400 words into part 3 of SG! After much back and forth with my oracle of the Middle Ages, I've finally settled on a story thread that includes all the nasty elements I wanted. But, annoyingly, Henry Miller(Nee Shielde) is turning into a more likeable character than I imagined.

pH
 
I'm writing what I hope is my final draft of my fantasy novel. I've spent almost five years planning, world building, and writing unsuccessful drafts so I'd like to wrap it up fairly soon. I've grown rather attached to my characters as a result.

I've got nearly 13000 words done. It's basically a story that follows the lives of magic-users in a world where the powers that be are actively trying to wipe magic off of the face of the earth through selective breeding.
 
Still working on the latest edit and about halfway through ....
 
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Restarted the Novella with the help of my corkboard, and Scrivener's. I've got the start of six chapters down and I'm pleased with how its coming together. I'm still a Panster, right?? :D
 
I've been on a serious writing binge the past two weeks. I had tried NaNoWriMo back in November but things were too hectic and I didn't wind up even close to the word count goal of 50,000 words in 30 days, so I'm giving it another shot right now. :) I'm at my halfway point and right on course with my desired word count.
The writing's rough of course. I mean, it is a first draft after all. :p But I'm just proud that I'm hitting each day's word count goal and not spending more time nitpicking my wording than actually writing like I so often tend to do. I'm saving that for when I work on the following drafts of it. ;)
 
Ignited Moth said:
I've been on a serious writing binge the past two weeks. I had tried NaNoWriMo back in November but things were too hectic and I didn't wind up even close to the word count goal of 50,000 words in 30 days, so I'm giving it another shot right now. :) I'm at my halfway point and right on course with my desired word count.
The writing's rough of course. I mean, it is a first draft after all. :p But I'm just proud that I'm hitting each day's word count goal and not spending more time nitpicking my wording than actually writing like I so often tend to do. I'm saving that for when I work on the following drafts of it. ;)
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This is how I write, I've learnt.
Splurge tens of thousands of well-planned and plotted words onto a page over a week or two, and tidy up in an edit. Works great for me! It means I can stop thinking about the story all day, and focus on planning new ideas, while I edit slow and thoroughly (more productivity this way, to my mind).
 
LittleStar said:
This is how I write, I've learnt.
Splurge tens of thousands of well-planned and plotted words onto a page over a week or two, and tidy up in an edit. Works great for me! It means I can stop thinking about the story all day, and focus on planning new ideas, while I edit slow and thoroughly (more productivity this way, to my mind).
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Nice! :) Yeah, I will definitely be sticking with this fashion of writing from this point on. It's proving to be so much more productive!
 
I believe I started out as a planner. Now I know I wasn't much of a planner. As time went by I discovered my outline wasn't working. Either the plot wasn't coherent or the characters didn't behave or react the way I envisioned. I have become more of a pantser.

I wish that I knew the things about writing that I know now twenty plus years ago when I first started writing my novel.

One of those things was maps. At this time I don't think anyone (including me) could find Melacor or some of my other places in my world. I think what happened was I wasn't paying attention to the proximity of one area to another. When you don't have a map this is real easy to do and really hard to correct.

Pantsers beware.
 
Just hit the 100k mark on Driftwood, so that's the most I've done on one piece. My first effort was 94k. Probably 10k from the end now, then a massive edit as I know there's a ton of inconsistencies. But right now its viking sea battles and one of the MCs trapped in a cave with I Can't Believe Its Not Grendel (TM).
 
Hoping to finish the initial chapters of the Chinese/Robin Hood style serial.
 
Probably going to add another chapter to the serial to stop the last one becoming enormous. Also, need to read Traitor's Prize and mark it up for redrafting (probably the last one), so time on the computer will likely be spent finally bashing Sir Edric and the Plague into shape.
 
I cannot conceive of writing that much. My ready for a day is just over 5k, but I'd need that every day for a month to hit that. Congrats on your prolific pen [well, keyboard. But that's not alliterative].
 
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