The Next Project
Hello once again. There's always a tonne to do when you're trying to get into making money off your writing, and when you volunteer and run writing activities. Needless to say, I've been making with the writing. I've worked on three different projects over the past couple of weeks, only one of which I've spoken about here, so I'll review my progress.
On The Fall Of Order I've managed to crank through a fair number of words of editing and even a little bit of new writing. In a span of about five days I managed to edit/write about 10k. That's not too shabby a number. The problem is where I'm sitting with it currently. I know exactly what needs to occur next in order to link my sections, but I'm having trouble getting down to actually write it. The idea just doesn't seem concrete enough for me to take it to the next level. As a result, the last four times I've sat down to work on it, I've barely managed to get through any words. I'm pushing it aside for a couple days so I can hammer on with it fresh instead of frustrated. That may put my final deadline back a few days, but I'm hoping once I get past the roadblock, I'll cruise.
During the most recent meeting of the Sudbury Hypergraphic Society, I managed to crank out a fresh, 16-line poem. Normally cranking out a poem wouldn't excite me overly much and I wouldn't even mention it. But today, I feel I actually wrote, and re-wrote (9 time) a pretty decent piece. I'm going to get it cleaned up and titled, and then send it out to see if I can't get five or ten for it from a magazine. I think it stands a fair chance.
This past Monday night, when I sat down to work on The Fall of Order, I couldn't do it. Instead, the idea for this year's National Novel Writing Month popped into my head. I managed to crank out an idea statement, two character sketches, and then a one-page treatment giving me a really good idea about the direction of the novel. I was very excited when I left the library, continued to work on the idea while on the bus, and decided to float it by a few peers. So far, the reaction is very good. Very good as in "when are you writing this novel because I want to read it right now." Working out another pair of character sketches today for a couple of important secondary characters. I have confidence that I'll be able to write a really workable piece this November. I just hope I can wait until November to write it.
Enough for today. I need to get back to my other job.
On The Fall Of Order I've managed to crank through a fair number of words of editing and even a little bit of new writing. In a span of about five days I managed to edit/write about 10k. That's not too shabby a number. The problem is where I'm sitting with it currently. I know exactly what needs to occur next in order to link my sections, but I'm having trouble getting down to actually write it. The idea just doesn't seem concrete enough for me to take it to the next level. As a result, the last four times I've sat down to work on it, I've barely managed to get through any words. I'm pushing it aside for a couple days so I can hammer on with it fresh instead of frustrated. That may put my final deadline back a few days, but I'm hoping once I get past the roadblock, I'll cruise.
During the most recent meeting of the Sudbury Hypergraphic Society, I managed to crank out a fresh, 16-line poem. Normally cranking out a poem wouldn't excite me overly much and I wouldn't even mention it. But today, I feel I actually wrote, and re-wrote (9 time) a pretty decent piece. I'm going to get it cleaned up and titled, and then send it out to see if I can't get five or ten for it from a magazine. I think it stands a fair chance.
This past Monday night, when I sat down to work on The Fall of Order, I couldn't do it. Instead, the idea for this year's National Novel Writing Month popped into my head. I managed to crank out an idea statement, two character sketches, and then a one-page treatment giving me a really good idea about the direction of the novel. I was very excited when I left the library, continued to work on the idea while on the bus, and decided to float it by a few peers. So far, the reaction is very good. Very good as in "when are you writing this novel because I want to read it right now." Working out another pair of character sketches today for a couple of important secondary characters. I have confidence that I'll be able to write a really workable piece this November. I just hope I can wait until November to write it.
Enough for today. I need to get back to my other job.
Labels: NaNo 2009, poetry, publishing, The Fall of Order, writing
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