Hatrack River Writers Workshop: NSG 11/6-11/12

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Posted by WBSchmidt (Member # 8533) on :

Welcome to this week's Novel Support Group (NSG). Anyone can join. If you're new, tell us a bit about who you are and what project you are working on. Although we can report on any number of things, here is a list of suggestions (suggestions welcomed).

What were your goals last week and did you accomplish them?
Describe what you worked on.
Set goals for next week.
Did you learn something during this week?

Here is a list of things that you can do each week as we work on our novels (suggestions welcomed).

Writing on a novel
Characterization
World Building
Relevant research

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Last Week's Goals

I had goals last week? It is so difficult to believe that it is Friday already. With work and the holidays time is flying by. Needless to say, I did not accomplish a thing.

My goals for next week:

Brainstorming characterization for main character

I just need to do something for my novel this week. Anything.

What did I learn this week?

Nothing here.

--William

Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :

Decent week.

Last Week's Goals:

Dreamer's Rose: Let it rest for a bit.
Well, that was easy.

The Shaman's Curse: Stop obsessing about the check lists and get back to work on the query and synopsis.
Not so easy to get myself back to work on these. But I have to do it.

The Ignored Prophecy: Start mapping out the revision to the first couple of chapters. I think it will tighten up the opening.
Other than letting it roll around in my head a little, nothing here.

Blood Will Tell:
Continue working on the revisions. Get to work on the query letter and synopsis.
I'm only three chapters from the end on the first revision, but I'm temporarily stalled. And I already have some notes for the second revision. I did start on the synopsis.

I did also write a 3000 word short story, which might, at some point, clean up fairly well.

This Week's Goals:

Dreamer's Rose:
Continue to let it rest.

The Shaman's Curse:
Alright, enough is enough. I can procrastinate with the best of them. But I need to get the query and synopsis fixed and start sending this out again. Really.

The Ignored Prophecy: Start the revision to the first couple of chapters.

Blood Will Tell: Finish up the first revision. Work on the synopsis and the query.

[This message has been edited by Meredith (edited November 06, 2009).]

Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :

NaNoNaNoNaNoNaNoNaNo

Posted by Kitti (Member # 7277) on :

Well, I got about 1/3 of the writing done I needed to do for my Real World Commitments. Bleh. It's all nano's fault.

On the nano front (which I was supposed to ignore until after the RWC deadline) I've written 28,000 words and it's early Friday yet. No way is the current draft going to be publishable without a start-to-finish overhaul and maybe even complete rewrite, but I find it fascinating what parts of my life I'm mining to plow through this thing. Even in my urban fantasy, I've never given a character so much of my Self as I've given this one. A bit scary, actually.

Goals for next week:
1) Finish RWC so that I can keep bringing home the Meow Mix.
2) 10K on Nano.
3) Make a decision about some world-building changes I have been considering for TGS (science fantasy, query coming to F&F soon)

Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :

Still outlining one, editing APtW, and rewriting my latest short story in first person.

Posted by Pontifax (Member # 2414) on :

Well, my goal for last week was to join this group, so I'll check that one off as a win.

Goal for this week is to write one chapter. A small goal, perhaps, but I just can never seem to actually sit down and write, instead preferring to just imagine the scenes in my head.

I don't have a title yet, so for the sake of this board, I'll just call my WIP, "BISHOP", until I decide. Hope everyone hits their goal!

Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :

Scrapped rewriting the latest short story. I'll just wait until all the crits are in. I did, however, begin expanding my WotF HM entry into a YA novel. (Imagine that, huh?) Still outlining; still editing.

Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :

Ditto what Owasm said.

Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :

Pontifax, can you talk the scene into an mp3 player or other audio digital recorder? Then transcribe it into a chapter that way?

Posted by Pontifax (Member # 2414) on :

Kathleen,

No, I've never tried it that way. I usually pace around the room either talking it out to my girlfriend or to my other writer friend on the phone, but I've never tried recording it. That might be a good idea to try, though when I talk the scenes out, I can see what is happening vividly, though I rarely use the details that would be required to put pen to paper. Thanks for the advice!