#writing progress report

[starwright]

Reach For The Stars Week 4 Recap

For the Reach for the Stars event hosted by @the-wip-project

Daily Goal: 200 Words | Weekly Goal: 1400 Words

Monday, May 26 - 0 words

Tuesday, May 27 - 597 words

Wednesday, May 28 - 141 words

Thursday, May 29 - 415 words

Friday, May 30 - 966 words

Saturday, May 31 - 1936 words

Sunday, June 1 - 0 words

Weekly Total: 4,055 words

Read my Flash Fiction Friday here!

A snippet from this week. Featuring Em'het sass.

"What's so funny?" Kyadin asked, returning to the head of the table with his oatmeal. "You wouldn't get it," Em'het shrugged. "It was an intellectual exchange." Kyadin rolled his eyes, his mood the only one still sour. "Well, whatever, can't have been that funny if you were the one telling the joke." Em'het was going to stick his tongue out, but caught the look from his mother and decided maybe one funny act of disobedience was enough for now.

Sorry, my log for this week is so late, it's been a busy start to the week! But back in action for at least a...few hours lol.

[t-lane-writes]

I'm done with Black Wings (for now). It's not a full first draft yet. 22 out of 68 chapters are in actual first draft stage, the rest are in detailed pre-draft version. Well. Truth be told about five, maybe eight chapters are not even pre-draft, but... well. They were more difficult than the rest, apparently.

Other stats? 218 pages. 86 173 words.

I iz proud of self. :D

[screwtheprinceimtakingthehorse]

upcoming unscheduled treats:

- dishonored ot3 chef!daud au

- dishonored (implied) ot3 "regrettably, this is my idiot" dynamic with corvo/daud sponsored by @boringid submitting this into evidence:

- valhalla eivor/leofrith disaster bisexuals

the plan is to draft (by hand), type it up, and then edit/post entirely at my leisure — the grumble can strike at any time...

(update: check the replies for details)

[newarcana]

July progress report

Well, June was almost perfect and July was… not. During the first week I had multiple family visits and didn’t really expect to get anything done (and didn’t), so that was okay, but then at the beginning of the second week I got called into work for a few days. I will get to take a few more days off in August to compensate, but the stuff I was dealing with there was kind of stressful.

And then, at the end of the second week, my dog, who is only three years old, was diagnosed with kidney disease. They caught it early, so he will most likely still be around for a while, but still… that was so depressing that I couldn’t focus on anything. And THEN, it became obvious that our house needs some major repairs, which we more or less expected but had hoped to put off for a few more years. So there are contractors here fixing the ceiling as I type this, and more are coming later in the week. I can barely write with just PWLI in the house, much less strangers, so no writing is happening at the moment.

Somewhere in there I did do some actual writing; in fact, I wrapped up the final denouement conversation with Arthur (like 10000 words), so all that’s left now is to write the final romance scenes for each of the three main characters, and I have a pretty good idea of how those are going to go. I just have to get myself into the right headspace for it.

I hoped I’d have all of the main writing done by now, but I do still have some vacation days left to use in August, and not really all that much remaining to write. Tomorrow is Lughnasadh, which begins the season of harvest and completion. Let’s hope it’s an auspicious time in which to finally bring all these years of writing to some kind of completion.

[jadelotusflower]

January Progress Report

Total words written: 9035

The Faerie Ring: 1430

Corpse Flower: 3810

A Life Less Ordinary: 2419

So, not a  bad start to this year overall - Corpse Flower is finished, leaving only one fic remaining in A Year in the Life series.  Accomplishment!

The Faerie Ring is my original novel (the title is a placeholder) and I would like to improve on these numbers in February.

A Life Less Ordinary - a fic I have been working on for over ten years (!) and am so close to finishing.  I often find the last chapters of longfics so difficult, particularly this fic which is so close to my heart and want to make the ending satisfying.  I’ve also been going back and amending the rest of the fic slightly, hopefully fixing any typos and a few flaws.  I want to get the last chapter finished and posted this week before I go on holidays, so fingers crossed.

If I can keep this up, and finish at least one old fic or project per month, I’ll be happy.  2019 is the year of finishing unfinished fics!

[starwright]

Reach for the Stars Week 2 Recap

For the Reach for the Stars event hosted by @the-wip-project

Daily Goal: 200 words | Weekly Goal: 1400 words

Monday, May 12 - 235 words

Tuesday, May 13 - 223 words

Wednesday, May 14 - 313 words

Thursday, May 15 - 447 words

Friday, May 16 - 904 words

Saturday, May 17 - 275 words

Sunday, May 18 - 542 words

Weekly Total: 2,939 words

Also, you can read my Flash Fiction Friday piece here!

A personal favorite scene from this week:

“We need to find out what he knows,” Jax insisted. “These people aren’t supposed to be here. They have Te’s banners, so he’s been here, and he isn’t supposed to have been. We need to figure out what he’s using these people and this planet for.” “These people aren’t going to understand our questions even if we could communicate with them,” Ana cut in, finishing her strawberries had clearly soured her mood. “The longer we stay here, the more danger we put ourselves in. What happens when Te or his guardians come stomping through this town and we have to fight them? How many innocent bystanders are going to get caught in the crossfire? How will you feel when this poor kid gets hit by an errant energy blast that does way more damage than just a light sprain?” “Ana, I am not having this conversation again,” Jax set his jaw.   Ana glared back at him, setting her own jaw just as firmly. “It was a perspective you may not have considered in your haste to make some big discovery. Listening to the perspective of others is something all good leaders do,” she leaned forward into the table, challenging him. “Wouldn’t you agree?” “Ana, if you want off this planet so badly, I will gladly send you home right now.” Jax accepted her challenge, also leaning into the table towards her. “Is that what you want? To get sent home for a lecture on not obeying your commanding officer? I am more than happy to provide that for you.”

This is what happens when you put childhood friends who grew up as equals on a team and say "follow that guy you've been teasing and having sleepovers with every weekend for a good portion of your life, but then he disappeared for ten years and now he's back while you were loyal and stayed home and did everything you were supposed to do but because he's older he gets to make the decisions instead of you"

[starwright]

Reach For the Stars Week 1 Recap

Daily Goal: 200 words | Weekly Goal: 1400 words

Monday, May 5 - 424 words

Tuesday, May 6 - 230 words

Wednesday, May 7 - 0 words

Thursday, May 8 - 541 words

Friday, May 9 - 550 words

Saturday, May 10 - 266 words

Sunday, May 11 - 111 words

Weekly Total: 2,122 words!

Week 1 has been a great success! A couple of days were spotty, but most days I exceeded my goal, so I'm proud of that! @the-wip-project Stars pleeeaaasseee!! *grabby hands*

Read my Flash Fiction Friday piece here!

And a personal favorite snippet:

“Hey,” Mac whispered across Ana, who was sitting between them. “You want to switch? Eat fast while your mom is gone and she’ll never know.” He winked.  Why would Mac want to switch food with him? Trading yogurt and fruit for oatmeal? Was he crazy? Or was it something more malicious? Had Mac poisoned the food? Laced it with some kind of medicine that would incapacitate him? The look of horror that immediately overtook his expression made Mac tilt his head in his own expression of confusion.

[starwright]

Reach for the Stars Week 3 Recap

For the Reach for the Stars event hosted by @the-wip-project

Daily Goal: 200 words | Weekly Goal: 1400 words

Monday, May 19 - 1,028 words

Tuesday, May 20 - 480 words

Wednesday, May 21 - 430 words

Thursday, May 22 - 530 words

Friday, May 23 - 1,497 words

Saturday, May 24 - 0 words (I deserved a break after Friday)

Sunday, May 25 - 810 words

Weekly Total: 4,775

A very productive week, I was possessed by several scenes and ideas this week, hopefully this can continue.

Read my Flash Fiction Friday here!

A snippet from this week. This is from the start of the scene leading into the Flash Fiction Friday piece, which I didn't post because of the word limit.

Despite her hands tied behind her back, despite her defeated position, seeing her steadied his mind. The anxious, racing thoughts stilled. Everything would be okay as long as she was near. Nothing could - A new figure moved into view, blocking out everything else. It was only the back of him. The back of his hooded cloak, the color of ash in a cold hearth. Everything about him was long. He would have been taller than Jax even if they hadn't all been forced to their knees. His long spine was crooked in his old age, forcing him to lean forward. Em'het pressed his back into the wall, squeezing tears out of his eyes. With one hand, he covered his mouth to keep himself from making a sound; with the other, he clutched at his shawl above his heart. It felt like it was going to explode. It had grown too big, it was cutting off his lungs, it was shaking his entire body with its fast and fraying rhythm. The sound of it filled his ears and made his head ache. A glimpse of a god was all it took. He strangled the scream rising in his throat. He shoved his spine into the wall to stop himself from running away. He blinked the cold sweat out of his eyes.

And still, after all this panic and fear, as soon as he sees his mom in trouble, he's like "never mind, brb, gonna kill a god"