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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 9, 2017 12:08:03 GMT
Nice. Any chance I could get pictures? Oh no! I'm sorry.
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 9, 2017 19:47:46 GMT
Lol. Sure! It will probably have to wait until Sunday because that's the next time I'll be at home and not preoccupied (I hope it's not any later than Sunday anyway).
Yeah. I'm forcing myself to work on it now though. I have to use a school computer though because I left my charger at home and my laptop died. Feeling kinda guilty about it though because I have a lot of other important things I could be doing instead...
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 10, 2017 0:59:23 GMT
Awesomesauce!
Writing is important too, though. And unless those important things have to be done by tomorrow morning, I think you're due some writing time.
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 10, 2017 1:59:48 GMT
It's honestly really simple too. Just four "dowels" (in quotes because it's wood I chopped from young trees but it should have been dowels) screwed together. Heh. Well, I did have a job application due tomorrow but at the time I couldn't work on it and it's done now anyhow. Thanks for the encouragement. I have a really hard time seeing writing as important, even though it is important to me....
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 10, 2017 14:21:11 GMT
Interesting.
You're welcome. As for writing being important- I know what you mean, but at the same time, if you want to get published, you have to work on that, just like you have to work on getting good grades or getting a job. And even if you don't plan to publish, making sure you have time to do things you enjoy is just as important, health-wise, as doing the things that you absolutely have to do.
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 11, 2017 3:02:19 GMT
Yeah... I guess I always feel like if I'm not going to publish than what's the point? And I'm still real on the fence about publishing because I don't really think I would like dealing with people I know irl reading my work....
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 11, 2017 13:01:27 GMT
I can understand that. But even if you don't plan on publishing, it's still something that you enjoy, and it's something that probably helps you grow in other ways. (At least, I know writing has taught me stuff beyond just how to write a good story.) Those are both reason enough to make time to write, if you ask me.
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 11, 2017 23:11:46 GMT
True. I'm really torn about what to do tomorrow. Today I had a campus visit all day so that was long and there was no writing.... Tomorrow I'm hoping to get some done in the afternoon. I'm back to my con man's POV so I hope it gets easier again. I'm also finally reaching the part where my characters put things into motion.
Are you still doing well?
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 12, 2017 12:53:37 GMT
That sounds exciting! So why are you torn?
I think so. Motivation wasn't exactly high yesterday, but I still managed to get started, and once I did that everything was fine. I'm really not looking forward to trying to cut this story down to 20K, but oh well . . .
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 12, 2017 15:59:19 GMT
Shoot. I need to pay more attention to make sure I complete all my thoughts... we're at my Grandma's this morning and I had to decide if I was going or staying.
Oh my. Cutting down is always harder I think, at least in essays since those are the only times I actually cut down words.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 13, 2017 2:35:59 GMT
Ahhhhh. Makes sense. Yeah. I had to cut some for the last Rooglewood contest, but that wasn't bad; all I had to do was take out a few scenes that didn't really work anyway, or else didn't fit well with the plot. This one will be harder.
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 13, 2017 19:01:23 GMT
Yeah.... especially when you get tho the point where you're just cutting any word that can possibly be cut because everything is important. >.<
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 14, 2017 1:16:12 GMT
Exactly. And you're trying to figure out what's actually important and what's just characterization but characterization is important too . . . plus half the characters have speech patterns that make them use more words than they really need . . .
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Nov 14, 2017 1:57:35 GMT
Don't mess with speech patterns. Speaking style is sacred. Make description more concise. Cut unnecessary conflicts, focus on what's important. Leave speaking style alone.
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 14, 2017 3:54:20 GMT
I don't even want to think about speech patterns right now.... *groan* that's something I'm kinda struggling with.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 14, 2017 12:13:55 GMT
Dmitri Pendragon: I don't plan to mess with speech patterns. I like speech patterns, even if they can be hard to manage at times. I'm just expressing frustration with an implication of their existence. That said, the "cut unnecessary conflict" bit may be important . . . and also difficult. I have a character who tends to get into a lot of arguments. So that's good for characterization and drama, not so good for word count and pacing. jliessa44: They can be tricky. *nods*
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 14, 2017 18:38:16 GMT
YEah. I'm really struggling to make my two POV characters sound different. >.<
I finished my math homework for the semester and just have a few tests left though so that clears up a lot of time and then my class tonight got canceled so I'm hoping to catch up soon.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 14, 2017 18:47:01 GMT
I'm sorry. I've had that problem before. That's good, though, that you may have more time soon!
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 15, 2017 17:20:49 GMT
Yeah. And other than a test I have to take at some point I am completely free for the rest of today. So's time to buckle down. (Even though all I really want to do is watch Supergirl.....)
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 16, 2017 2:35:08 GMT
Awesome! So how's your writing gone so far?
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 16, 2017 2:40:43 GMT
I got stuck doing math all day and then had a bad allergy attack.... Ended up writing next to nothing... So bad day. :/
How was yours?
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 16, 2017 14:17:40 GMT
Ouch. I'm sorry. My day was shaping up to be not very productive, since I got distracted . . . but then I decided to try to get a half-hour even if I couldn't get the full hour I needed, and I got involved in the story, and the next thing I knew, it was 10:40 at night and my princess had just been kissed and I'd been writing an hour solid. So, yeah. That happened.
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 16, 2017 16:56:28 GMT
I'm glad to hear you got a lot done then! ^.^
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 16, 2017 19:27:40 GMT
Yep. How's your day going so far?
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 17, 2017 2:33:47 GMT
Ahhhhhhh..... I'm kinda crawling along.....
You?
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 17, 2017 18:21:51 GMT
Crawling along is better than nothing. I'm doing pretty well. My villains have finally gotten called out and so I'm basically at the climax. I might actually finish this draft/edit before break!
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 17, 2017 19:49:31 GMT
Ooh! That will be sweet.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 18, 2017 15:12:04 GMT
Yep! And then I can use break to either, y'know, take a break, or else do my second edit. Hopefully it'll be the second edit.
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Post by jliessa44 on Nov 19, 2017 4:36:28 GMT
Ooh. That will definitely be nice.
edit: So I managed to get 3000 words written today! Hopefully I can just keep that up now....
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Nov 19, 2017 13:20:37 GMT
Nice work! So, I'm not finishing this draft this weekend. Maybe still before break, but not this weekend.
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