Daily Writing

May 27

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Time worked: :54

Work done:  In preparation for diving back into the proofreading and revising, I went through the list of unanswered questions I made from the first read-through. I attempted to answer them all, or at least mark where they could be answered so that I could fix them when going through the story again. And that took me 54 minutes. Two of them are still unanswered and I’m not sure what to do about them. I’ll deal with them later though.

Henceforth, the novel previously referred to as “The Series” or even “unnamed novel” will be called “Adventures in Pithea.” This is still a working title, but the original moniker of “The Series” makes much, much less sense now. And since I’ve also been working on the plot outline and timeline for another story, which does have a name, it’s gotten more complicated (if only in my own mind) to say things like, “I’m matching up timelines for Pursuit of Power and the unnamed story that is the one I’ve actually written.” Which I feel the need to explain to avoid confusion, because it doesn’t have a name to easily distinguish it from any other stories I may be working on.

So, “Adventures in Pithea,” working title. Or when I inevitably start shortening it, AiP.

May 26

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Time worked:  1:14

Work done:  Finished the timeline for both Pursuit of Power and the unnamed novel I’m actually working on. I had to fudge some events around a month here or there, and may still change them later, but for now, it’s good enough. Time to dive back into the actual proofreading.

May 24

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Time worked:  :35

Work done:  Timeline for Pursuit of Power.  I’ve decided that seven months is far too long to wander a moderate-sized desert in search of something, which means my timelines aren’t meshing like I’d hoped. I haven’t decided which storyline needs altered though.

May 23

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Time worked:  :25

Work done:  Timeline for Pursuit of Power. The second half has proven quite difficult, since there is an entire year’s worth of things happening for which the timing is nebulous. I’m trying to narrow things down, but there’s a lot of, “I don’t know how long that should take…three months? Seven months?” So it’s slow going. Hopefully I’ll get some extra work in this weekend.

I didn’t get much work done today, because I was too busy making the following image. Why? No real reason…I got inspired when I made a notebook for myself on Zazzle the other day, because I loved the motto I came up with to put on it. So I decided to come up with a picture to go along with it and make it a thing. I would have made it my banner on this page, but I couldn’t get it to look right. It’s on my Facebook page, though, and on this notebook: Write Every Day Notebook (To be clear, I designed that notebook, I did not steal the picture or saying. Also, that’s not the original notebook I made; that one isn’t public, because it’s more specific to me.)

 

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May 21

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Not that I haven’t missed a day before now, but this was a special situation. A stomach bug hit my family Sunday, and today was the first day since then I felt particularly up to working on my writing. It did take me some extra pushing to get myself back into this mode, too, after 3 days off. But here I am.

Time worked:  :45

Work done:  Plot outline for Pursuit of Power, which I think is done now. After wrestling with a murky area, inspiration hit me at about 2:30 last night when I was trying to sleep. I had to turn a light on and write out the flow of events, and then talk them out with my husband today to make sure they work. I am so happy and at the same time apologetic about the plans I have for this story. Call me crazy, but I feel so bad when I do mean things to my characters… In any event, tomorrow I will hopefully put the events of Pursuit of Power into my timeline, to make sure they match okay with the main story, and then it might just be time to dive back into revising the actual book.

May 16

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Time worked:  :39,  plus unknown time spent trying to figure out how to progress in the currently stalled plot outline of Pursuit of Power. I forgot my iPod at work, so I passed the time trying to figure out what Alexander and Leahna should be up to when they show up in part four of the first novel.

Work done:  All timeline. I’ve only got a few entries to make at the very end of the story, and then it’s completely mapped out on the timeline. Then I’ll have nothing left to do but figure out that blasted Pursuit of Power issue. Crap.

 

May 15

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Time worked:  :37

Work done:  Worked on plot for Pursuit of Power. Still trying to figure out how to get to the point where this story matches up with the unnamed novel I’ve already written. I’m so close, but I need to work through a few more issues on the Pursuit of Power plot. Can’t quite decide how best to get from point A to point C. I also have a few dangling plot points that I keep forgetting to tie up. So close…

May 13

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Time worked:  :53

Work done:  Timeline for the Series, finally into part 4 (the final part). If all goes well, I should be able to finish it tomorrow. Then I only have a bit more outline for Pursuit of Power left to plan before I should be able to go on to the second read-through of the novel.