Power

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 11

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Time worked:  2:24

Work done:  Worked on the outline for Pursuit of Power…still not caught up to the last place it intersects with the Series (one of a few working titles for the novel I’ve already written and am currently revising), which is still waiting for a second read-through. Also spent some time working on the timeline specifically for the events in the Series. Once these two things are finally done, I will start the second read-through.

Incidentally, I realized today that the plot I’m outlining (Pursuit of Power) will very possibly end up being my NaNoWriMo novel for this November. It’ll be the most prepared I’ve ever been for a NaNo month, and that’s considering I was pretty darn prepared last year.

May 10

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Time worked:  1:00

Work done:  Mostly worked on outline for Pursuit of Power plot, and spent some time fixing and adding to timeline. I’m close to the part in Pursuit of Power that will line up with part 4 of the novel I’m revising. Once I know more definitively what will be happening during that point in Pursuit of Power, I think I’ll be ready to start on the next read-through of the current story. Though I may want to do more detailed work on the timeline too. So far I’ve mostly been doing broad points, making sure multiple stories line up okay, but I think I should do a more in-depth timeline of the “Series” before I read through it again.

May 8

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Time worked:  1:32

Work done:  Worked on plot for “Pursuit of Power,” during which I realized a huge snafu I had made. So I had to go back to the timeline and resolve some issues, though I wasn’t terribly thrilled with my choices. I do think I’ve resolved them, though. I also worked out some mechanics issues that I’ve been questioning for a while, but never really worked out. All of this I did while washing dishes, with a headset microphone and an audio recording program. Eventually I’ll have to spend the same amount of time listening to myself talk and taking notes. Will I count that time again? Heck yeah, because it’s still working on my writing, and sometimes new insights come out of the note-taking too.

May 1

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Time worked:  1:00

Work done:  Started creating timeline with new program, with high hopes that it will be easier to maintain than the one I made in Excel. Also trying to work through next few scenes in Pursuit of Power, from where I last left off.

April 30

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Camp NaNoWriMo ended today, and I met my goal of 30 hours editing time for the month. The folks over at NaNoWriMo asked on their Facebook page what our favorite camp memories were for this month, and this is my response:

“For me it was the point when the work I was doing became less something I had to do, and more something I wanted to do. I’m revising my 2013 November NaNo novel, and it was going very slowly before camp started. At some point about halfway through, I realized I wasn’t only working for the ‘word count,’ but because I really wanted to get the work done and someday be able to call this novel finished. I’ve made so much progress thanks to Camp NaNo!”

It’s because of NaNoWriMo that I am where I am on this book. It gave me the push to write it, and has given me the push to edit. Now I’m seeing it shape into something halfways decent. While I still wouldn’t call the editing process fun, I don’t dread it as much as I used to. I’m already looking forward to July’s Camp NaNoWriMo. If this blog keeps me going like I hope, I won’t need July’s camp to push me back to working, but it can still provide a month of more intense focus.

Time worked:  1:06

Work done:  Continued working on plot for Pursuit of Power.

April 29

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Time worked:  1 hour

Work done:  Continued on outline for Alexander’s parallel story, working title–Pursuit of Power. Because the two main characters in Pursuit of Power have roles in the story I’m currently revising, and the two stories take place at the same time, I have to make sure I know the basic story for Pursuit of Power before I can ever finalize the other story.