Last week I didn't post a thing, and I'm pretty sure that was because I was daunted by the actual word count portion of these posts. As I've said, a lot of my writing is done by hand so it kind of makes word counting hard. Hence, the "Word Countless Wednesday."
What am I working on?
I've been dabbling with two very different stories. One is about the so-called heartless Kent Higgins and a family crisis involving his little sister Jenny, who had a bad accident with one of the family-owned horses.
The other story is about way too many things. I'm considering separating some of it's side plots into further books of the same series.
Or not.
I don't know.
The main idea is that, on anther planet, three countries are faced with the possibility of war as they are discovered by a fourth power-seeking country, and they would call upon their king for help except that... they're not exactly sure he exists.
That is REALLY nut-shelling it!
How do I feel about the process?
There's so much going on in this story, so much to each of the three countries, so many details about different creatures and plants, so much to the history of the characters that... I'm excited! But also overwhelmed (I know that's a sentence fragment).
What am I reading?
As far as novels go, nothing new.
I have been reading over some ancient drafts I wrote of the second story mentioned.
I'll post a map of a constellation in a bit. It'll explain part of what I mean when I say there's way too much going on in this story.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Friday, March 31, 2017
The Flight of a Moment - a Poem
Good thing I tacked on that "hopefully" to my last post (the one where I said I'd post tomorrow...which is now yesterday). Ironically, the reason I didn't post was because I was feeling pressed for time while writing a poem about time. I finished that poem this afternoon, which so happens to be very windy. The wind may have influenced pieces of the poem. See if you can guess which parts those are!
The Flight of a Moment
Recall, if you can, while we watch the sun die
Those moments that fled from us, thundering by.
We ran and we gasped and we snatched at the air;
In vain, we attempted the speed to impair.
But we could not catch them; the speed never thinned,
And time was an element riding the wind.
Pursued as it was while we chased it uphill,
Time laughed o'er its shoulder and flew faster still.
Or do you remember much different times?
The silence, to us, was like magical chimes.
Though it was one hour, we felt it was years,
And in that still moment we eased from our fears.
Our lives are so full with the quick and the slow.
One hour may glide or else speedily blow.
Breathe in and breathe out. Watch that crimson gold glow,
And let life go on with its ebb and its flow.
The Flight of a Moment
Recall, if you can, while we watch the sun die
Those moments that fled from us, thundering by.
We ran and we gasped and we snatched at the air;
In vain, we attempted the speed to impair.
But we could not catch them; the speed never thinned,
And time was an element riding the wind.
Pursued as it was while we chased it uphill,
Time laughed o'er its shoulder and flew faster still.
Or do you remember much different times?
The silence, to us, was like magical chimes.
Though it was one hour, we felt it was years,
And in that still moment we eased from our fears.
Our lives are so full with the quick and the slow.
One hour may glide or else speedily blow.
Breathe in and breathe out. Watch that crimson gold glow,
And let life go on with its ebb and its flow.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
An Extremely Short Word Count Wednesday
What am I working on?
I'm still working on that story I mentioned last week (the one I was being very vague about). My goal for this week is to post a few things to introduce this story - things like my character drawings and descriptions, maps, and perhaps a bit of the first chapter...We shall see.
How do I feel about the process
So far, I'm still really enjoying working on this story again. It's been a long while since I've gotten it out and "dusted it off," except that you can't exactly dust a virtual manuscript.
What am I reading?
Quite a few things, but nothing new.
Total word count:TBA
About 415
I will post again tomorrow!
Hopefully.
I'm still working on that story I mentioned last week (the one I was being very vague about). My goal for this week is to post a few things to introduce this story - things like my character drawings and descriptions, maps, and perhaps a bit of the first chapter...We shall see.
How do I feel about the process
So far, I'm still really enjoying working on this story again. It's been a long while since I've gotten it out and "dusted it off," except that you can't exactly dust a virtual manuscript.
What am I reading?
Quite a few things, but nothing new.
Total word count:
About 415
I will post again tomorrow!
Hopefully.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Thursday Musings
What am I working on?
I finally got a relatively substantial amount of writing done over Spring Break. As many years as I've had this story in the making, I still don't have a title for it. I could give a summary of the story, but it might get confusing cause I'm still figuring out names for people and places.
Drawing has been very helpful to me in cementing my characters look like, especially since they're from another world and have a somewhat different look from people on Earth.
I also wrote a very strange "poem" today that had no rhyme or reason. It was just one of those things where I couldn't stop, and then I read it over and the result was like: o.0
How do I feel about the process?
Now that Spring Break is over, I'm having a hard time getting up the gumption to write. Somehow, it seems like it should be the other way around...
What am I reading?
My reading list is the same as last week's, with the slight adjustment of replacing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
As for the "Total Word Count," I really don't want to hunt up my penciled drafts and count each word. Suffice it say I wrote somewhere near a thousand words...
I finally got a relatively substantial amount of writing done over Spring Break. As many years as I've had this story in the making, I still don't have a title for it. I could give a summary of the story, but it might get confusing cause I'm still figuring out names for people and places.
Drawing has been very helpful to me in cementing my characters look like, especially since they're from another world and have a somewhat different look from people on Earth.
I also wrote a very strange "poem" today that had no rhyme or reason. It was just one of those things where I couldn't stop, and then I read it over and the result was like: o.0
How do I feel about the process?
Now that Spring Break is over, I'm having a hard time getting up the gumption to write. Somehow, it seems like it should be the other way around...
What am I reading?
My reading list is the same as last week's, with the slight adjustment of replacing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
As for the "Total Word Count," I really don't want to hunt up my penciled drafts and count each word. Suffice it say I wrote somewhere near a thousand words...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Word Count Wednesday
What am I working on?
I combined two story ideas into one, and it actually seems to work! One of the stories had a more exciting plot, but hardly any characters and no solid setting. The other story idea is pretty fully developed in every way except for the plot... So I combined the two!
What I've been working on is the new outline of the old story.
How do I feel about the process?
This is actually an enjoyable project right now. The story I mentioned that is more fully developed is one that I've had in mind for about seven years now, so I've had a lot of time to bond with the characters.
What am I reading?
I just keep adding more books to the ones I'm already reading...
Pat of Silver Bush by L. M. Montgomery
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Total word count: 272
I combined two story ideas into one, and it actually seems to work! One of the stories had a more exciting plot, but hardly any characters and no solid setting. The other story idea is pretty fully developed in every way except for the plot... So I combined the two!
What I've been working on is the new outline of the old story.
How do I feel about the process?
This is actually an enjoyable project right now. The story I mentioned that is more fully developed is one that I've had in mind for about seven years now, so I've had a lot of time to bond with the characters.
What am I reading?
I just keep adding more books to the ones I'm already reading...
Pat of Silver Bush by L. M. Montgomery
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Total word count: 272
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Word Count Wednesday
What am I working on?
Instead of just letting miscellaneous ideas flicker on and off in my head, I finally sat down today and wrote these flashes of thought down as they came. It was a good exercise for me! Writing them down made me think about these ideas a little more seriously.
Most of what I wrote (which isn't very much) is set in another world, probably in it's middle-ages. I'm not sure how to describe what it's about in a way that would make sense because a lot of things are still not solidified. I might post pieces of it later.
How do I feel about the process?
For once I have a storyline, and I'm actually excited about the premise! When I take the time to just write, it's surprisingly easy to create scenes for this story. The scenes are rough, and I'm still trying to figure out the style of speech, but I feel like it will come together soon enough.
What am I reading?
I haven't finished the Tolkien or Montgomery books ("the Two Towers" and "Pat of Silver Bush"), but I've added another book into the mix:
"A Swiftly Tilting Planet" by Madeleine L'Engle
This is book #3 in a series that starts with "A Wrinkle in Time."
Total word count: 100ish
Instead of just letting miscellaneous ideas flicker on and off in my head, I finally sat down today and wrote these flashes of thought down as they came. It was a good exercise for me! Writing them down made me think about these ideas a little more seriously.
Most of what I wrote (which isn't very much) is set in another world, probably in it's middle-ages. I'm not sure how to describe what it's about in a way that would make sense because a lot of things are still not solidified. I might post pieces of it later.
How do I feel about the process?
For once I have a storyline, and I'm actually excited about the premise! When I take the time to just write, it's surprisingly easy to create scenes for this story. The scenes are rough, and I'm still trying to figure out the style of speech, but I feel like it will come together soon enough.
What am I reading?
I haven't finished the Tolkien or Montgomery books ("the Two Towers" and "Pat of Silver Bush"), but I've added another book into the mix:
"A Swiftly Tilting Planet" by Madeleine L'Engle
This is book #3 in a series that starts with "A Wrinkle in Time."
Total word count: 100ish
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Word Count Wednesday
What am I working on?
As far as creative writing goes, I've written very little this week. In fact, I think I scribbled out one sentence...
Rather than writing, I've been having scraps and pieces of story ideas drifting around in my head. They're just tiny little flashes of scenes that have been coming to me. This week, I hope to collect my thoughts and pen them down in some form or other.
How do I feel about the process?
I'm feeling pretty disconnected right now with all my ideas. I'm not sure if they're pieces of a whole, or if they're just pieces from different stories. They all have a medieval/fantasy sort of setting so I suppose I could put them together if I wanted to.
What am I reading?
Pat of Silver Bush by L. M. Montgomery
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
Nothing has changed in my reading, except that I actually have been reading! Normally I just read a few sentences before bed as a wind-down, but I decided to try to get back into reading at least a few pages a day. I love to read books - real, printed, paper books - but it's been harder for me to set that time aside during school semesters.
Total word count: 26 (Looks like it was two sentences, actually. Yay, hurray).
As far as creative writing goes, I've written very little this week. In fact, I think I scribbled out one sentence...
Rather than writing, I've been having scraps and pieces of story ideas drifting around in my head. They're just tiny little flashes of scenes that have been coming to me. This week, I hope to collect my thoughts and pen them down in some form or other.
How do I feel about the process?
I'm feeling pretty disconnected right now with all my ideas. I'm not sure if they're pieces of a whole, or if they're just pieces from different stories. They all have a medieval/fantasy sort of setting so I suppose I could put them together if I wanted to.
What am I reading?
Pat of Silver Bush by L. M. Montgomery
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
Nothing has changed in my reading, except that I actually have been reading! Normally I just read a few sentences before bed as a wind-down, but I decided to try to get back into reading at least a few pages a day. I love to read books - real, printed, paper books - but it's been harder for me to set that time aside during school semesters.
Total word count: 26 (Looks like it was two sentences, actually. Yay, hurray).
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