Writing Log...Damn, It's Been a While
Aug. 11th, 2006 04:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
abracanabra...since I did one of these.
"Police 'Bot" Writing Log
Writing work periods completed: 3 1/2
Words yesterday: 323 new
Total words: 1,327
Reasons for length: It's been a while since I've sat down and written, let alone written on this specific story, so that slows things down a fair bit. I also spent a lot of the writing time working on writing-related tasks that weren't actual writing. And figuring out/brainstorming the plot in a bit more detail than the rough outline I've been working from. Yes, I work from outlines. Yes, they're rough outlines. Yes, they're subject to change without notice. Yes, usually I'm the one who isn't getting notified.
Overused word: ain't
Gratuitous word: tenement
Type of scene: Is it still exposition if I've got a whore explaining matters in an entertaining fashion?
Challenge(s): Planting seeds for later.
Which line is it anyways?Run-down tenement houses ringed the park.
Other writingy stuff: Ha. Whew.
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penthius freewriting.
* Posted to other-genre lj.
* Updated market listings spreadsheet from Ralan newsletter and from Critters newsletter.
* Submitted "Ice Mother" AKA "Writ in Snowflakes and Sunshine" to Critters queue--it should percolate to the top in about a month, assuming I'm too busy to do the metric shit-ton of critiques necessary to get a free pass to the top of the list (I swear, I will be so happy once I'm SFWA-approved....).
* Replied to the last Baen's Universe comment on "The Miracle Material.
* Processed form letter rejection of "These Things Take Time" from Aberrant Dreams (that poor baby ain't never going to find a home--everybody dislikes the main character, and who wants to spend time with someone they dislike, even and especially if they reflect something you dislike in yourself?).
Notes: I really, really like the story I'm working on right now. I mean, robots! Endearing, long-suffering, honest, dog-shaped robots! And bonus points for a framework of social commentary! The Muse: "I like robots. Does it do funny tricks?" Me: "Not intentionally, but it's kind of broken." Him: "So it does do funny tricks! Is it a good robot?" Me: *long discourse about the nature of good and bad in reference to created creatures* Him: "Is it a good robot?" Me: "Yes."
"Police 'Bot" Writing Log
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1,327 / 5,000 (26.5%) |
Writing work periods completed: 3 1/2
Words yesterday: 323 new
Total words: 1,327
Reasons for length: It's been a while since I've sat down and written, let alone written on this specific story, so that slows things down a fair bit. I also spent a lot of the writing time working on writing-related tasks that weren't actual writing. And figuring out/brainstorming the plot in a bit more detail than the rough outline I've been working from. Yes, I work from outlines. Yes, they're rough outlines. Yes, they're subject to change without notice. Yes, usually I'm the one who isn't getting notified.
Overused word: ain't
Gratuitous word: tenement
Type of scene: Is it still exposition if I've got a whore explaining matters in an entertaining fashion?
Challenge(s): Planting seeds for later.
Which line is it anyways?Run-down tenement houses ringed the park.
Other writingy stuff: Ha. Whew.
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penthius freewriting. * Posted to other-genre lj.
* Updated market listings spreadsheet from Ralan newsletter and from Critters newsletter.
* Submitted "Ice Mother" AKA "Writ in Snowflakes and Sunshine" to Critters queue--it should percolate to the top in about a month, assuming I'm too busy to do the metric shit-ton of critiques necessary to get a free pass to the top of the list (I swear, I will be so happy once I'm SFWA-approved....).
* Replied to the last Baen's Universe comment on "The Miracle Material.
* Processed form letter rejection of "These Things Take Time" from Aberrant Dreams (that poor baby ain't never going to find a home--everybody dislikes the main character, and who wants to spend time with someone they dislike, even and especially if they reflect something you dislike in yourself?).
Notes: I really, really like the story I'm working on right now. I mean, robots! Endearing, long-suffering, honest, dog-shaped robots! And bonus points for a framework of social commentary! The Muse: "I like robots. Does it do funny tricks?" Me: "Not intentionally, but it's kind of broken." Him: "So it does do funny tricks! Is it a good robot?" Me: *long discourse about the nature of good and bad in reference to created creatures* Him: "Is it a good robot?" Me: "Yes."