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Project River – Day 11 – A Lot of Words
This is just a short post to celebrate 5,925 words in a single day, split up over two writing sessions. I am now at at 35, 244 words total.
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Project River – Day 9 – Changes
When writing any story, there are bound to be changes during the first draft. That’s especially true for me during this NaNoWriMo since I am planning the novel while I write it. Even 27,000 words in, there are things that change. Characterization Characters can change more than their name or eye color. Their outlook on…
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Project River – Day 8 – Characters
25,020 words so far. I realized today that I’m going to have to scrap a scene and a half from earlier in the novel to adjust for new characterization and plot. The characters are finally coming together in my head, so I’ve decided to outline them below. There are many more characters, but these are…
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Project River – Day 6 – More Subplots
I am 1/5 of the way there, with 18,011 words total. That’s on track for 90k! I spent most of this evening working on figuring out the rest of Acts 2 and 3, with many ideas but still a lot of scenes to sort and place. These six are smaller subplots that either are only…
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Project River – Day 4 – Subplots
Four days into November, and things are running pretty smoothly. I’ve written 12,419 words, or about 1/8 of the total. That’s close enough to par for me, especially at the beginning of writing. Subplots Besides the main plot, there are ten subplots that I’ve planned. With the expansion of the main plot, some of these…
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Project River – Day 2 – Main Plot
I sketched out the main plot by hitting upon 9 major scenes that form the scaffolding of the plot. Hopefully I’ll be able to plan scenes to lead into and out of these scenes to fill the rest of the space between them. For those interested, these major scenes are based on K. M. Weiland’s…
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Project River – Day 1 – Beginnings
NaNoWriMo got off to a good start today. I often don’t finish the goal of 1,666 words on the first day, because it is always difficult getting into the swing of a new story. This year should have been especially hard, since I’d only done the briefest amount of planning. But things went fairly smoothly…
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Project River – NaNoWriMo 2023 Prep
How’s the prep been going for this year’s NaNoWriMo? Well, for me, there hasn’t been much. Between work, family, and editing What Happened at Ingvar Bluffs, I’ve put off prepping for this year’s NaNo novel. So far, I only have a few themes, some sketches of the world, and a loose sense of the plot.…
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The Memory Smith – Part 4
Over the next two days, Magnus slowly got back to work. Christmas was on Saturday and several orders needed to be finished. He worked in a daze, mindlessly completing memories, not noticing the movement of his hands. Alvis stopped by at one point, ostensibly to invite Magnus to his Christmas Eve party, but Magnus knew…
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The Memory Smith – Part 3
Magnus finally caught up to Val outside of Mr. Dakken’s place. The two were talking in the front step when Magnus arrived, breathing heavily through clenched teeth. “What do you think you’re doing?” He snatched the memory from Mr. Dakken’s hand. “What’s going on with this?” Val stood there, too stunned to speak. Mr. Dakken…