I’m not officially on social media, but I do peek at non-civilization-destroying venues from time to time. I see a lot of writer games, of which WordWeavers seems the most fun. Per the official Google Doc: WordWeavers is a writing game on Mastodon created by Branwen OShea and Alina Leonova. The hosts post daily questions […]
The revision continues with The Chapter of Really Long Sentences. For one character, that’s fine. He’s an academic. He’s noted at one point to “bloviate unbidden.” Heroine shouldn’t join him for several reasons: it’s windier than her established style, contrast to her conversational partner, and even lovers of long, twisty sentences get exhausted when that’s
Tracking for the third round of revision will be same as the last. The target is the final word count of the previous draft (182,580). Progress will be measured by how many words of that are removed with transfer of revised scenes to the new draft. Since it has been opined this method is dottier
*points at status bar* By the power of drudgery, I have half-assed my way to 100% of Revision Round 2! *listless confetti* This number is meaningless, but in the interest of trivia, the final word count of this draft is 182,214. Up more than 8K from the previous draft, but at least half of that
I’ve been battling a powerful urge to begin the next revision round now. Oddly enough, the portion of the book that has already been revised twice is in better shape than the remaining portion that has so far been revised only once! Obviously, going back to the beginning would be easier than moving forward with
Currently watching: Pushing Daisies, which is remarkably sweet and charming for a show with murders and corpses in every episode. For a change of craft pace, I borrowed a sewing machine.