Writing adventures and book reviews – Aventures d'écriture et commentaires littéraires
I’ll tell you what happened.
There’s a very simple explanation.
Here it is – hold on to your writers hats:
Word count goal this week: 25 000 words
Word count goal so far: 15 435 words
I would love to conclude this week of drafting YA-WIP on a super positive, energetic, happy note.
But I am falling nearly 10 000 words behind schedule… Argh!
This week word count goal: 25 000 words
Word count goal so far:
It works for some authors. For me, drafting in a coffee shop is simply as effective as working in my little writing nest at home.
I love my writing nest. There’s a blue couch, a soft cushion with a cute bird on it. There’s the kettle downstairs, the pictures of my kiddo scattered around in the two bookshelves guarding my tiny desk. It’s So Comfy.
Pluuus: fart-free zone. You gotta love those!
On rare occasions, I am forced to go to work in a coffee shop. Inevitably, I end-up pretending to work and spying on other customers. I also often end-up with a bit of a bellyache…
This morning, there was an odd duo sitting at a table decently far away from my comfy chair, but they were having a lively discussion in a relatively quiet place.
One of them was an energetic, literate elderly woman, a therapist of some sort, I am pretty sure, since the guy she was meeting up was at least 30 years younger, athletic type, fresh out of university, maybe.
Anyway, she was there to help him overcome some issues, I think.
I would stare at them from time to time.
And I would look at the lovely retiree lady with her two walking sticks, looking a bit like a tall hobbit (she was wearing shoes – fall weather is pretty cold around here).
Then, two businesswomen sat nearby and oh, they were not there to enjoy their coffee and talk about their love life, no sir no!
I was not able to focus on work. So, I had to make up for it tonight.
First end results: very little creative writing done tonight.
Second end results: so behind word count wise!
I know, every word counts. But I am so, so, so on a deadline with this book, I really have to step up my game here.
According to what I read on literary agency blogs and from fellow aspiring authors, in the YA sector, we are in the middle of the paranormal come-back attempt trend, and that will reach its peak very soon.
The selling clock is ticking.
Yes, it still saddens me a little to think of stories as product to sell.
But so they are; the best, most awesome ones ever !
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It was very energizing to jump right back into the action, even though I was exhausted when I started writing.
If it weren’t for this new writing diary, I would half-sleeping, half-watching a Bob Ross show (I like it so much, it is so quiet, and happy) right this second.
This week word count goal: 25 000 words
Word count so far: 15 004 words
Stop drafting in the middle a fun scene turned out be, once again, a great idea!
It was very energizing to jump right back into the action, even though I was exhausted when I started writing.
If it weren’t for this new writing diary, I would half-sleeping, half-watching a Bob Ross show (I like it so much, it is so quiet, and happy) right this second.
I got to work more on the main character, to know her better. She has a big heart and she will always try to focus on the positive side of everybody and every situation, even though she is a bit judgmental. She was an elite athlete. She love competition, she loves to be the best. Most of all, she loves being one of the most popular girls in her High School. She values her reputation a great deal, even though it means hanging out with some of the high school people she despises more often than she cares to admit.
When we first meet her, I think we can relate to her good side and her wits and yet, see that she is judgmental and shallow in some ways.
Chapter 9 is coming along very well. We are at the turning point, the embracing the new situation after struggling to ignore it point.
The storyline is following the beats, the flow is good (messy but there)…
I feel like my storytelling skills have improved at least a little since the last (rejected) novel I wrote.
Ingesting oh so so so many writing tips on storytelling, and craft, and outlines seems to be paying off.
Amen to that, but keep working at it, crazy writer on a quest!
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Until next time!
Marie Alice Writes & Reads 