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Reythia
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I actually wrote today (alas, not the dissertation). Considering that I haven't written anything but a quick flash piece since I finished my last story a while back, that's saying something. And it was GOOD writing, too.
I went back to one of my other stories (I have a half-dozen going at any time) and added two chapters. One is more-or-less done, including editing (though the final-final edit will happen tonight) and the other is a full first draft.
It was kind of strange, since I'm not really sure what prompted me to choose THIS story rather than one of the others. I've got a little kids' piece that's maybe 70% done, which I'd been planning to finish up next, but instead I was motivated to do this one. It's an adult novel about two sisters with abusive parents -- not exactly happy material, and I was only 5 chapters in, anyhow. I was in a good mood and all, so I'm not sure what pointed me towards a somewhat morbid subject, but the results were good, so I guess I can't complain!
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Wow! Two chapter! 
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5/4/2009, 8:21 pm
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I know. It's truly shocking!
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5/4/2009, 8:55 pm
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At that rate you'd be done in uhmmm... When predicting mean time to finishing, should I also add in all your inactive periods, or do you think using a median would work better? Or to even go crazy with perhaps a Bayesian? 
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5/8/2009, 2:27 pm
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Reythia
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Hehehe! I think you'd definitely have to do SOMETHING about my inactive periods. I tend to work in spurts, I'm afraid. This is what happens when you have a day job! 
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5/8/2009, 3:34 pm
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Pastor Rick
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I set up a directory to keep my stories in on OO today. I suspect most will be really bad at first but how will I know if what I write has promise or not? Do I delete the old stories or keep them? I plan on expanding the little challenge story to 500 words tonight (but you can not see it till after the poll results are "official").
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quote:
Pastor Rick wrote:
I set up a directory to keep my stories in on OO today. I suspect most will be really bad at first but how will I know if what I write has promise or not? Do I delete the old stories or keep them? I plan on expanding the little challenge story to 500 words tonight (but you can not see it till after the poll results are "official").
1. Share them with the board for critiques.
2. Never throw a story away. You may be able to mine them for ideas later. You may one day realize exactly what is wrong with that story and fix it. etc...
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6/8/2009, 6:02 pm
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I agree. Don't toss your old stories. Save them in a directory labeled "OLD_STUFF" or something. If you never look at them again, that's okay. But this way, if you ever want them, you'll be able to find them.
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I didn't make it  I managed 158 words before I came to a spot where I didn't know how to proceed then OO told me it had a update and I just finished installing the all new OO3.1 and the Lightspeed grammar checking extension. I am hoping tomorrow is better.
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Well, don't feel bad, Rick. You got 158 words more than you did before. Sometimes, writing takes baby steps.
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6/9/2009, 7:08 am
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True true and the update probably was rather a distraction. But major updates like that don't happen all that oftenly. Just go for it again and try to do better on the next round. 
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6/9/2009, 7:36 am
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This is way harder than it sounds  I have the grand idea/concept in my mind well enough that I could tell the story sitting around a campfire but it isn't coming out in the writing side yet.
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6/9/2009, 1:52 pm
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We all understand, Rick. Keep plugging away! Good luck!
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I managed 180 words today, still in the 12th century part of the saga which (all told) covers almost 3 Milena! No, I am not going to go through each year 
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6/10/2009, 3:53 am
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Cool, you wrote again!
You know, I'd really like to read that completed story, I'm very curious now.
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6/10/2009, 6:28 am
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It does sound some what interesting from the few little things you revealed, hope you can keep it up. 
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6/10/2009, 8:26 am
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Yes! Just about a quarter done my mini-nano story! It's been slow, adding a scene here and there, but I've managed to keep it alive in my head and move forward. So I'm happy.
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6/29/2009, 10:50 pm
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That sounds like me tryingtowrite, I keep getting work related interruptions but the story is still alive in my head. Knowing that you kept going is a good encouragement to me as well
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6/30/2009, 4:59 pm
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Good luck with continuing to both of you.
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6/30/2009, 7:18 pm
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Keep writing, Pastor Rick, each word is another brick in the road of your story.
When I last attempted a novel it felt very forced and wooden by the end, I'm trying to avoid that this time by just writing a scene at a time and writing other stuff now and then. So far its working.
Thanks for the well wishes, Firle and QS2!
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7/1/2009, 2:50 pm
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Over the course of the last two days I've managed to get 859 words written in a short story - in fact, it's something I hope to be able to submit for this month's flash challenge, so you'll forgive me if I don't get too descriptive with it just now.
It's funny how something as simple and/or as technologically backward as simply writing your manuscript on a manual typewriter can actually stimulate your creative juices. Yet that's pretty much what's happened to me. It's quite a feeling of empowerment, and I heartily recommend something like this to anyone having issues with a block; when in doubt, change the medium you use to write in. Write in MS Word? Use OpenOffice.org Writer instead. Or WordPerfect (yes, it's still alive and actively developed). Or do what I did and regress to an older technology... dedicated word processors, typewriters, even writing it out longhand. The results might just surprise you.
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Well it is nice to know you've managed to write a bit again in any case Kid. Hope you can manage to write even more from now on.
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7/24/2009, 7:20 pm
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Nearly 500 words today and it didn't feel like I was forcing it out, that was the best part.
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10/15/2009, 1:09 am
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ok, so I buckled down and decided to write on Sunday!
And I wrote 4 PAGES in my story!!!!
WOoo!
Now I just have to make sure that isn't a one time event. 
--- Reading: Mistborn
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That's wonderful, Loud G!
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11/5/2009, 5:09 pm
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Yay for writing!
You can do this, and soon you'll have a new story to brag about.
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11/5/2009, 6:23 pm
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Ooh! I just realized I haven't bragged here yet.
I finished the first draft of my $*&#ing dissertation last Monday. Now it's just got to be read by my professor and my boss, who will doubtless change 59237 things about it and re-arrange the whole thing. And then I have to present on it and convince 3 other professors that, really, it's good enough to let me graduate.
But despite all that's yet to come, it's a HUGE relief to have the first draft DONE. Plus, when my future-boss asked, "Did you give Tapley your dissertation?" I could honestly answer, "Yep, he's got it." (Okay, he'd only had it for 1.5 days at that point and hadn't even had a chance to glance at it, but that's a technical detail!)
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Wooohoooo! That's wonderful news!
And you know how it goes: You need text, before you can start editing.
Seriously, well done!
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