that is the question. Did you write at any time this week? I hope you have been productive and actually opened up some work in progress, whatever it was, and put some words down. It does not have to be much, as long as you produced something. do this every week and a finished product will develop. As to what is writing, is not important. that you wrote, is. New writing always writing, but so is editing, even if it is the work of others. Critiquing is also writing, along with poetry, blogging, technical writing, writing assignments, world or character building. Even E-mails can be writing, if they are wordy and pertain to story or writing. the real key is if YOU can decide it is writing, no matter how much is written. Any little bit of writing that is done in this week, is that much less writing for the next week.
I wrote. I wrote 383 on one piece, and then 1122 words in another. the fun part was I opened the 383 added word piece and had 23 pages. I knew I did not write that much. It turned out that I made a little mistake. I write in NOTEPAD and then use my Wordperfect for spell checking and word count I accidentally double saved the file. It took a few minutes to work out what had happened. I am essentially character and world building right now. It is one thing to create it by yourself, but I am working with a couple writing partners and we have to agree with the creations I come up with. We expended many thousands of words between us about the creations I am doing. What I am writing involves the world we are creating so I am actually trying to write it. It has changed about three times so far and may change drastically soon. This is fun writing. even the editing I have done is new writing. I have scenes and situations I am looking to deal with, but everything else is up in the air. In many ways, I am guessing as to what I am doing.
I am falling behind on my story ideas because of activities that is going on. any time I get home really late, it messes up my writing time. I have a turning club meeting this week so will fall behind another day. I do have time to catch up and will get serious about it soon.
I am making headway on my woodworking. I am concentrating on two pieces, a vase that the surface is carved to look like flowers in a flower pot, and a platter with an art show logo carved onto it. I would be done by now but things get in the way of my work.
This weekend is the start of the local Renaissance festival (Ren-Fest). Mom and I went to it and I stayed far longer than I had ever stayed at a fair before I had foot problems over the years and received a solution last year. It is not perfect, but I was on my feet for four hours. I remember times where I dreamed my feet at their best, felt like what they did when I left.
I have used Ren-Fests in many story ideas. One type is where one actually ends up in the time period of the festival. until you leave the park. Another I like is where they are having a Ren-fest and it turns out that they are doing today, and of course, they get it wrong. I also had one where the world was going to end, and everybody dressed up in the time period they wanted to go to. at the right time, they are actually sent to that time period. What happens if someone appears in the clothing of the style that is going to end? I also had one where one stepped into another world, not in the past, but lived with that life style. It could be an escape to a magical place or a place that is of that time, but the desire for money has opened up a portal where tourists can come and visit and have fun.
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Indeed. First draft of a new short story done, but not quite ready for my first reader, so there's some editing to do this week. Plus some editing for my WotF entry. If the kids ever let me sleep.
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Yes, I did. I've been puttering around with revisions. I started a blog. And then, finally, SEVEN STARS started moving again. It had been stuck, but not any more. Posts: 4633 | Registered: Dec 2008
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I performed revisions on "The Mystery of the Sea," started my short story version of "Jorinda and Joringel" and did some lovely, throbbing, pulsating crits.
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Last week, relatively over my cold, I wrote five hundred words on Thursday and five hundred more on Saturday---and it was new stuff, a brand new story, not the revision draft I was working on right before. (It's short! It's concise! It's plotless!)
I've noticed another trend of mine, with my last story and this. I seem to be going back to very old ideas, ten years or more, and writing up a story---but starting the story at some point much further on in the story than anything I've worked on before. Is it new concerns or interests? Or maybe I'm just realizing where the story should have begun after all?
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I only wrote on Thursday and Saturday because the other days of the week were kind of busy. Looks like it'll be a busy day today, too---I think my sewer backed up. (Water all over the bathroom floors and all that.)
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Yes, but not much. Tomorrow, I'll to try getting on top of drafting, blogging, and critiquing.
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