Hatrack River Writers Workshop: NSG 5/20

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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. Feel free to update the NSG Work in Progress thread with your current projects. 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

A very bad week this week. Not sure what's causing this slump. Not much more to say.

My goals for next week:

Short Story

Next week I will be out of town and may not have Internet access. So, I may not be able to post next week's NSG. Because of that Memorial Day trip, I may not get much writing done as we prepare to leave town.

What did I learn this week?

Not much this week.

--William

Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :

Last Week's Goals:

DREAMER'S ROSE:
Nothing for this month.

MAGE STORM: Revise the query letter. Make any revisions that come out of the first chapter critique on Agent's Day.
I haven't gotten to the query letter, yet. But I have certainly been working through the critique and preparing to send the ms to an interested agent I met at Agents Day.

SEVEN STARS: Keep working on the second draft.
Nope. Too busy with MAGE STORM (See above).

BLOOD WILL TELL: Continue the chapter exchange(s) and make revisions.
Yes.

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.
Attend Agent's Day on Saturday.
Yes to both.

All in all one of the very best writing weeks I've ever had.

Next Week's Goals:

On the Shelf:
THE SHAMAN'S CURSE
THE IGNORED PROPHECY

Keep jotting down ideas of how these two might be changed.

DREAMER'S ROSE:
Nothing for this month.

MAGE STORM:
Revise the query letter. Send the ms. to that interested agent ( ) and start querying again.

SEVEN STARS:
Get back to work on the second draft. Six chapters--that'll be through chapter 18.

BLOOD WILL TELL:
Continue the chapter exchange(s) and make revisions.

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.
Try to get a little work done on my WotF entry for Quarter 3.

[This message has been edited by Meredith (edited May 20, 2011).]

Posted by EmilyS (Member # 9447) on :

Last Week:

THE NULL PROPHET: Let it rest. Continue exchanges.
Yes

MINDWALKER: 1,000 words/day, 8,000 for the week.
Almost. 7,778 for the week.

Next Week:

THE NULL PROPHET: Continue exchanges. Bring out of hibernation starting 5/27. It'll be my first time actively working on two books at once, so my goals might be screwy for awhile. This first week, no specific goals since it's only two days, but I'll start with the query and a top-level look at what changes I want to make.

MINDWALKER: Aim for 1,000 words/day, hit the 50,000 word mark.

Posted by enigmaticuser (Member # 9398) on :

Well, while recovering from the virus that God miraculuously healed off my computer, I did get some good work in.

Evangeline: No work, put on the back burner. No block just don't have enough time =(

New Arbor Day: Getting some serious revision work in, up to 54 pages. I think I've successfully de-snoozed the first 80 just by making the changes I have. More meat less empty calories. So even though the plot may start out slow, it still satisfies until it naturally picks up.

Next Week: Same for Evangeline, and pass 100 pages on New Arbor Day.

Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :

Yeah, I wrote on my novels. I waited 'till tonight to post this so I can say I wrote on New Mage, three times. Not a whole lot on each session but still something. But I was thinking of the ending, which I have had in my mind for months. I need to get my MC and two friends from a Mansion to a mall. I may have them drive there or translock or?? But right now I don't know how they get to the mall..in my mind they are just there. And going along with that I need another handy musical instrument. My MC will play a table like a conga and a friend will have a penny flue with her but I need something for the other friend. I thought of a ukulele but I don't think so..maybe he will borrow a guitar from someone who just happened to have one. But I don't know about either idea.

And I finished the first revision of Bright Lights and started the second, using the advice I have received so far. And adding a few commas to chapter four.

Still working on that ending for "Storm Born". My MC is ever so close to confronting the bad wizard as he is opening the gate for the demigod. But today I may have the wizard's assistant try to fight off my MC instead of him. He's too busy to stop what he is doing. And I have already strongly hinted that the assistant is around some place.

enigmaticuser, I meant to say this on the other thread where you described that virus. I know I have had problems with certain programs for a day or one session of the computer being turned on, but than it starts working again. In fact more than a year ago one of my USB ports stopped working for a day or so. But no problems since.

[This message has been edited by LDWriter2 (edited May 25, 2011).]

Posted by ostarahollyoak (Member # 9479) on :

Hudson Valley School:
Made some progress on the "Arden" chapter. It's not finished yet, but pleased with what I have and where it's going. Other than that, I only accomplished some random jottings.

For the coming week, finish that chapter & work on a character (Ing Cabot). If possible, work on the "Kai" chapter.

--Ostara