Progress Report
I should hate my novel more often.
Hating the novel and being cranky with it has caused me to write about 3000 since I last checked in. I've reached the end of a bit, so I've stopped for at least this afternoon, and maybe the entire day.
I'm writing a section where we start to have a few reveals, and a little bit of history. I've been working dreadfully hard to avoid the whole "As you know Bob, in the days of the..." trap. I think I've been mostly successfully, and if I discover that I've fallen into it without realizing, I should be able to fix it in re-write.
Two more crits on OWW received today, both providing me some excellent feedback. I need to go and do a few crits of my own, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow.
I finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. It was stylish and interesting, using a period for the setting not often encountered in modern writing, but I don’t know, something just did not completely satisfy me. Still, it is an entertaining novel, so I'd suggest reading it if you have not. I think my next book will be Bear's Hammered.
That's it for now,
In Peace
Michael
Hating the novel and being cranky with it has caused me to write about 3000 since I last checked in. I've reached the end of a bit, so I've stopped for at least this afternoon, and maybe the entire day.
I'm writing a section where we start to have a few reveals, and a little bit of history. I've been working dreadfully hard to avoid the whole "As you know Bob, in the days of the..." trap. I think I've been mostly successfully, and if I discover that I've fallen into it without realizing, I should be able to fix it in re-write.
Two more crits on OWW received today, both providing me some excellent feedback. I need to go and do a few crits of my own, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow.
I finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. It was stylish and interesting, using a period for the setting not often encountered in modern writing, but I don’t know, something just did not completely satisfy me. Still, it is an entertaining novel, so I'd suggest reading it if you have not. I think my next book will be Bear's Hammered.
That's it for now,
In Peace
Michael