Over double the weekly quota. WOW! 11771. Total - 32983. Gotta keep writing now. And working too...
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yannik
05 May 2008 @ 11:19 am
Choices and Chances - weekly word-count - week 5
02 May 2008 @ 07:15 pm
OMG! Milestone!!!
I've finished third chapter today. I've written over 5000 words today! I wrote the first turning point, messed things up and sent my boys to America. Tomorrow they sail off (or in two weeks book-time). It's one fourth of the book. OMG. I'm brainless.
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weird28 April 2008 @ 12:05 pm
Choices and Chances - weekly w-count - week 4 and some meta
Firstly the weekly w-count, that is lame this week. Only 4174, but overall I’m still ahead of the goal (which after four weeks is 21000) with 21212. Lovely number, but as you can see my “ahead” is just-just.
Now, two quotes of ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
martyn44 , because they seem to fit together in one general meta.
“People like to read about people, at least some of whom they can empathise with” by David Gemmill,
and “I try to create sympathy for my characters, them turn the monsters loose” by Stephen King
And though I think Stephen King meant the outer monsters, I’ll talk about the inner ones.
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blank20 April 2008 @ 07:05 pm
Choices and Chances weekly word count - week 3
Didn't post last weekend, because I was away, and during the week had very little time anyway. But last week's w-count was quite good - 5587. This week is even better ( there must be some mistake! no there's not! ) - 8895! WOW! That brings me to total 17038. Just a few more words and I'll have the average 1K words per day. That would be something, heh. Oh, it's good as it is. :)
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cheerful07 April 2008 @ 10:49 am
Choices and Chances - weekly word-count - week 1
My weekly goal this round is no less than 3000 words. No over-exerting dear self this time. And in the very first week I'm already behind - 2556 - heh. But to be honest the week started on Tuesday (April 1st), and I'm going to be counting at the end of the weekend (Sunday), so this week was one day shorter. It's okay, then.
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sleepy05 April 2008 @ 08:15 am
What do my characters want?
So. There was a question on January 6th by astres: Where did the inspiration for your novel come from? based on a quote of Jack London: "You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club."
It's easy. My inspiration came from Horatio Hornblower movies, and from wonderful performance by Jamie Bamber and Ioan Gruffud. It's that simple. And boy, did I go after it with a club once I saw it! It was a year ago, and it's still fresh, pretty and blossoming!
Then there was another question on January 8th bytelscha: "What does your hero want?". And the quote: "First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!" by Ray Bradbury.
astres: Where did the inspiration for your novel come from? based on a quote of Jack London: "You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club."It's easy. My inspiration came from Horatio Hornblower movies, and from wonderful performance by Jamie Bamber and Ioan Gruffud. It's that simple. And boy, did I go after it with a club once I saw it! It was a year ago, and it's still fresh, pretty and blossoming!
Then there was another question on January 8th by
telscha: "What does your hero want?". And the quote: "First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!" by Ray Bradbury.With this I'm rather pleased. I knew these reflections would be helpful. :)
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thoughtful03 April 2008 @ 09:13 am
about Forshadowing
In yesterday’s ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small}
novel_in_90 word-count post ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
mnfaure quoted T.S. Eliot: "In my beginning is my end", and she asked if we try to foreshadow important elements of our ending in our story's opening?
Having thought about it in the hot bath I figured I actually do.
To start off on a funny note, in the first paragraph I said that Cornelius had a clear vision of his future life, which is a pretty obvious forshadowing. Of course Cornelius’s vision will not be realized, instead something completely different will happen. But then, if the UNEXPECTED didn’t happen to our good characters, what would those books be about?
There are often good questions asked in those word-count posts, and I remember I wanted to answer to a few of the previous round question in the light of this book. I think I’m going to do that, if time permits.
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14 November 2007 @ 11:36 am
the difficult road...
I'm exhausted. For the last few days I've been trying to get my characters from New York to west Kentucky. While their goal is - in fact - Quebeck. I had no idea it would be so hard! Geography is a bitch.
I've finally managed to narrow it down to getting them from Albany to the springs of Allegheny River, and now I really need to vent. Because every river west from Albany goes west at first and then turns and runs straight for Atlantic! Am I ever going to come across that Alegheny or one of her creeks? Argh!
Okay, I'm feeling better now, back to travel! Gotta love GoogleMaps.
I've finally managed to narrow it down to getting them from Albany to the springs of Allegheny River, and now I really need to vent. Because every river west from Albany goes west at first and then turns and runs straight for Atlantic! Am I ever going to come across that Alegheny or one of her creeks? Argh!
Okay, I'm feeling better now, back to travel! Gotta love GoogleMaps.
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