I'm enjoying this challenge more as time goes on. I'd forgotten how much I love these characters and this setting. As I write each day I'm filling in gaps in my manuscript, places where I'd just had a summary sentence or two to remind me of where I was going during the frenzied writing of NaNoWriMo. It's a bit odd to incorporate setting details I created in the second part of the manuscript into the first part. I'm finding myself putting in placeholders for things and places I've forgotten the names for. I'm spending more time than I expected simply reading the second manuscript. I sit down to find a reference and look up ten minutes later when my screensaver turns on. Is it a good sign I'm drawn into my own writing? My words for today are accomplished, so I can spend some time putting them into Scrivener tonight along with some notes for the aforementioned setting details. It'd probably be a good thing to create a text note for each character, too. The first part characters are all named, but there is a considerably larger cast in the second part.
I realised last night that the second manuscript deals almost exclusively with the technology school and shows very little of the magic school. I wonder if that ought to be balanced out. The primary characters are equally important, so they should get equal time. Though I fear the story is going to transform somewhat if I do that. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. For now, I'll focus on my 500 words a day, filling in gaps, and tracking the information I need to keep my fingers on.
February challenge:
Day Two: 338
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
A Trickle of Stones
Okay, so my participation in A River of Stones was not as robust as I'd intended. I've never been more glad to see the back end of a month as I am to see that of January. I'm hoping February is a touch kinder. I could use some breathing room.
I did River posts when I could, sometimes tossed them onto Twitter, but basically didn't kick myself for missing a day. I had my doubts I could produce one every day even before I started. I'm pleased with what I did accomplish, and am moving right along into the next challenge.
Speaking of which, I got off to an inauspicious start yesterday. I spent a couple hours putting the current manuscript for "The Rise of Umbra" in my new Beta copy of Scrivener for Windows (c'mon, Scrivener people, build us a Linux version!) but failed to get any new words written for it. Overall, I like Scrivener. It has a few ugly spots (like document importing), but overall I think I slightly prefer it to Writer's Cafe at the moment. Scrivener for Windows is a beta release, though, so I'm not judging it too harshly. If I'd thought of it, I'd have taken a screenshot to put in here, but I may do a more formal review of Scrivener later, so I can do it then.
February challenge:
Day One: 0
I did River posts when I could, sometimes tossed them onto Twitter, but basically didn't kick myself for missing a day. I had my doubts I could produce one every day even before I started. I'm pleased with what I did accomplish, and am moving right along into the next challenge.
Speaking of which, I got off to an inauspicious start yesterday. I spent a couple hours putting the current manuscript for "The Rise of Umbra" in my new Beta copy of Scrivener for Windows (c'mon, Scrivener people, build us a Linux version!) but failed to get any new words written for it. Overall, I like Scrivener. It has a few ugly spots (like document importing), but overall I think I slightly prefer it to Writer's Cafe at the moment. Scrivener for Windows is a beta release, though, so I'm not judging it too harshly. If I'd thought of it, I'd have taken a screenshot to put in here, but I may do a more formal review of Scrivener later, so I can do it then.
February challenge:
Day One: 0
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