Showing posts with label novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label novel. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 09, 2020

Poem: Editing a Novel

Sometimes,
when I go to rewrite,
I look at the plot
and wonder what
I--or perhaps my character--
was thinking.

At other times,
my plot is hidden
beneath a plate of spaghetti
without meatballs.

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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

NaNoWriMo Day 3

Fidál (Grace), 19 ‘Ilm (Knowledge), 166 BE – Tuesday, November 3, 2009 about 7:55 AM Pacific Time

NaNoWriMo Day 3, I've completed the introduction to my 50,000-word novel. The introduction contains a little over 1,800 words, which isn't too bad. I have a lot going on in my life, so I'm probably lucky I've written that many words on this project.

I'm going to have to have at least one all night writing session this month to achieve the 50,000 words by November 30. At this point, I'm planning to start an all night session on Saturday, November 7. I'm also planning another all night session for Sunday, November 22.

In addition, to the all night writing sessions, I'm planning two all day reviewing session for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. I have to earn some more GPs to extend my premium writing.com membership another month. After November 30, then I will worry about extending the membership for another month.

Saturday, November 01, 2008

November has arrived

Jalál (Glory), 17 Ilm (Knowledge), 165 B.E. – Saturday, November 1, 2008 about 3:07 PM Pacific Time

November has arrived. I've began my NaNoWriMo novel. The day started out a bit odd and I had a "senior moment" when I was logging into a website. I forgot the answers to the security questions, which means I'm lock out for at least today. I was going to pay a bill using the site, since I was locked out of the website I attempted to use the phone payment. I put in the routing number of the bank and pressed the pound sign and got cut off, twice. Anyway, now I have to call their customer service or bill paying number Monday and see if I inadvertently made two payments.

Since there is nothing I can do about that bill, I'll worry about it Monday. This weekend I'm going to work on my novel and pray. So far today, I've written approximately 1,321 and the daily goal is 1,667 words. I'm going to have to go plug the porch light in before it gets dark. I unplugged it last night so we wouldn't get any Trick or Treater's.

It's cloudy outside and it looks dreary. It's not cold, actually the day feels sort of weird. That's the only way I can explain it. I don't know what the problem is maybe it has to do with the fact that I spent most of the day out yesterday riding city buses. Anyway, I'm going to take it easy the rest of the day and finish the novel prologue I'm working on.