July 13, 2003
Holy cow...
I've been Productive Girl this weekend. At our impromptu Write Club session yesterday, I managed about 1200 words, and today I managed over 2000. The main points of my outline are finished. I know the major plot points all the way through the ending of the novel. There's still plenty of room for improvisation and inspiration to strike (like today, for example, I realized a few things about the Prince--who did, by the way, move up in the world), but I know where I'm going approximately.
Also, Resistance Boy has officially been given a name: Jack. And so far he's a pretty nifty character, I think.
Right now I'm so very excited about this project. I'm trying to figure out what an appropriate deadline for a first draft would be. My first thought is October 31st. We'll see. I'll need to get a better idea of what sort of word count I'm shooting for. If I can keep up this pace though, I could have a respectable sized novel by October. Of course, all of this depends entirely on my employment situation, which is always subject to change. But hell, as long as I'm unemployed, I'm going to write like a fiend.
Posted by Lisa at July 13, 2003 04:40 PMI stumbled onto your site because I called a writer friend a mischievous Otherling, perhaps a Pleiadian Selkie. Thought I'd better research a little more deeply into what I thought was the beautiful eyed angelic creature who may have shed her skin,solved a life of married misery and kept her true being. Or something. As a musician I write, but with the freedom of lyrics breaking the rules...as long as a string can stretch across the breaks. Unspoken brokenness rules. hoho So I find writer-writers interesting and believing somewhat in occasional serendipitous guidance from somewhere, feel I should explore your site and see what path of learning it may follow. There's a bit of catching up to do, I'm sure, as I've only a glimpse so far of what you're about. Besides, we all need some naive input to keep us focused. I know I've valued opinions of those who like music & can't play a lick or whistle. If THEY like it it, AND the 'longhairs' like it...it must be expressing itself somehow. So now you've picked up a stranger, Lisa. See what happens ?
With interest, Jordu. (yes THAT song)
