The Terry Pratchett Prize, Round Two...
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Okay, a mild setback. After writing a section, I've found dissatisfaction with it. A character is turning out malevolent too quickly. Not a major setback, but it means starting a new draft so that I can keep that section without having to worry too much.
And by starting a new draft, I mean copying the draft I have into a new Word file, and then removing the section.
Why don't I just delete it, you ask? Well, I want to use it later. Nothing wrong with the scene per se, but it's too much, too soon. However, even with this setback, I'm over 25K words in.
And by starting a new draft, I mean copying the draft I have into a new Word file, and then removing the section.
Why don't I just delete it, you ask? Well, I want to use it later. Nothing wrong with the scene per se, but it's too much, too soon. However, even with this setback, I'm over 25K words in.
pip said:
Progress either way . Good stuff 
I think part of the problem may be is that I have too many characters, and not enough development of any of them. I might have to cut some out later...
Quatermass said:
pip said:
Progress either way . Good stuff
I think part of the problem may be is that I have too many characters, and not enough development of any of them. I might have to cut some out later...
Not easy i know but worth a try
pip said:
Quatermass said:
pip said:
Progress either way . Good stuff
I think part of the problem may be is that I have too many characters, and not enough development of any of them. I might have to cut some out later...
Not easy i know but worth a try
Well, looks like my earlier pronouncement was optimistic. I decided to start watching a number of my Doctor Who DVDs that I hadn't before, and what writing I did do was for another book. I'm also somewhat depressed, so I'm lacking motivation to write at the moment. However, I foresee no real troubles with the book at present, and once I get the motivation back, I'll see what I can do.
Current word length: about 26K words.
Current word length: about 26K words.
I've decided to abandon writing the version of my book intended for the TP Prize. It's too hard to write within the restrictions imposed (I'd be better writing up to 50K, not 80K words), and I have found a more enticing story to write.
If I do manage to get the motivation for writing this book back again for the TP Prize, or else find a better story, then I'll use it.
If I do manage to get the motivation for writing this book back again for the TP Prize, or else find a better story, then I'll use it.
WHAT?!
I just saw the synopsis for Half Sick of Shadows, and there's time travel involved! WTF, man? I thought that the rules, saying that the laws of physics had to be the same as ours, meant that time travel and other stuff wasn't allowed in it.
Dammit! That means that there were so many more stories I could have written for this damned competition, but didn't because I thought they'd violate the rules.
Okay, I've gotta think about this, and see whether there is anything that I can write...
BTW, some good news for people who know about my literary endeavours. Well, good news, not so good news, and good news.
The first bit of good news is that I have finally, after 144 drafts, completed a full draft of the novel I was originally going to do for the TP Prize back in 2010. It's very different, but I have managed to get something together.
The not so good news is that, frankly, the second half is partly crap, the first half is okay but creaky, and the whole lot (but especially the second half) needs substantial revision. But it's a start to finally completing this novel, now and forever, Amen Hallelujah peanut butter. And I know what direction I want to take it.
The second bit of good news is that I also have, finally, a workable concept for a TP Prize novel that is interesting enough to engage my creativity. Research begins tomorrow!
The first bit of good news is that I have finally, after 144 drafts, completed a full draft of the novel I was originally going to do for the TP Prize back in 2010. It's very different, but I have managed to get something together.
The not so good news is that, frankly, the second half is partly crap, the first half is okay but creaky, and the whole lot (but especially the second half) needs substantial revision. But it's a start to finally completing this novel, now and forever, Amen Hallelujah peanut butter. And I know what direction I want to take it.
The second bit of good news is that I also have, finally, a workable concept for a TP Prize novel that is interesting enough to engage my creativity. Research begins tomorrow!
