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Jul. 22nd, 2004 04:17 pmIn a fit of inspiration, I just finished chapter 3 of "First You Have to Get There." And chapter 4 is actually semi-planned-out.
These chapters are about 3,000 words each, and it's taken me 3 years to get this far. That's a chapter a year. (Literally, actually.) If I didn't know that I've been mostly ignoring the story, I'd be a lot more embarrassed by that speed than I actually am.
Now I get to print it and use the Editing Pen of Death! (I love saying that. Editing Pen of Death. It has such a nice ring to it.)
You know, if I weren't so easily irritated, a control freak, and such a lazy bum, I'd make a very good beta-reader. But I tried it, and I have no motivation whatsoever to keep a good schedule; also, I kept wanting to rewrite sections whole cloth. Which is okay for a writer, but not at all good for an editor. *sigh*
Anyway, with luck the chapter should be up in a few weeks. If I could just find some similar inspiration for "Secrets," I'd be a happy woman. Then I could start delaying writing chapter 8! *grin*
These chapters are about 3,000 words each, and it's taken me 3 years to get this far. That's a chapter a year. (Literally, actually.) If I didn't know that I've been mostly ignoring the story, I'd be a lot more embarrassed by that speed than I actually am.
Now I get to print it and use the Editing Pen of Death! (I love saying that. Editing Pen of Death. It has such a nice ring to it.)
You know, if I weren't so easily irritated, a control freak, and such a lazy bum, I'd make a very good beta-reader. But I tried it, and I have no motivation whatsoever to keep a good schedule; also, I kept wanting to rewrite sections whole cloth. Which is okay for a writer, but not at all good for an editor. *sigh*
Anyway, with luck the chapter should be up in a few weeks. If I could just find some similar inspiration for "Secrets," I'd be a happy woman. Then I could start delaying writing chapter 8! *grin*