Novel-Tone News 12/29

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Welcome back to the..Project.

I have now been at this crazy novel writing project for two months. Time does indeed fly when you are having fun. I had no idea what I was getting into and where it would lead, but here I am.

My progress last week was only a few thousand words in advancing the story line, but I also did a bunch of adding/deleting of previous stuff. It still makes sense to me to continue along this path. I have so many notes it is scary. I keep thinking, less notes, more story writing. But I can lose my thread so easy that I just have to do it. So I did notes, did some more storyline and some more editing.

One of the things that December has shown me is I don't keep real close track of word count anymore. I am probably still in the 60k range with add and delete, I haven't checked. Is this bad, or good? I don't know. It is good to keep track of progress but I don't think word count does it for me anymore. Now it is all about how far along the story I have written out from the notes. Makes sense to me.

I almost believe that old adage, it will get done when it's done, almost. It still burns inside me pretty hot in the middle of the night. Strange half connected dreams and waking up and scribbling still happen. Some days it drives me to distraction, when what I really want to do is write some other stuff that is whispering for attention.

So I continue on. The flow is still there. I steal moments whenever and wherever I can to jot stuff down. I have even scribbled on my lunch break at work in front of other people while I jammed a sandwich down. They already think I am weird, so no harm there. Fear not my fellow intrepid wanders, we'll get there, when we get there.

The end is just the beginning..

Comments

[Jennifer Hudock]

Making notes does keep you on track. Sometimes, I forego the notes even after i write them, and just follow the story where it leads. Probably not the most organized tactic, but when the story winds up surprising even the writer, it can be a good thing. Good luck as you progress in your writing.