Drood: A Novel by Dan Simmons
Well, I wrote about five pages last night in chapter 5, and so I'm slogging through it. From fertilizer, good things grow. Plotting difficulties on the horizon! I gotta tell you, I know the story is Stephanus, and I know the book has to be self-contained. About the right number of pages would be Esme's [...]
Spending this week snotty for tax purposes, it would seem. Have been making it to work, but not much umph to write. So, I've been thinking about the prologue to the Klarion story, and I've decided to revise it and put it back in, now that I have a fairly clear vision of it after [...]
I've begun chapter 5. We're working from mostly scratch from here on out--concepts and characters exist, and themes and plots exist, but settings and actions, all sort of new. And since we're first drafting, I expect to dredge through some crap before I find the right solutions. I know where I want to go. Just [...]
The outtakes are done. I'll get them out to all you who asked for them as soon as I can. Thanks for your patience. Catherine
Pretty much there with the outtake mojo. I'm 3/4 done with it, and I hope to finish this evening. Then a bit of a polish, and we'll be good to go, and back to the grind of the book itself. Catherine
Dutifully spent an hour tonight working on chapters 1-4 sent by writing workshop fellow Jenn. Jenn was clamoring for more transitions, so I went at it. Also began keeping a list of suggested characterization and organization revisions. I'm going to go back to writing this all the way through, see where the characters go and [...]
While I have been editing, work has been eating my brain. I'm up for a new job, but the stress and angst associated with it have been playing havoc with my creativity. I've also been going through a sort of transition about my thoughts in regard to writing and creativity. So, as I've been writing, [...]
The edits are done. The good news is that people are no longer going light on me. Now, by gum, that last outtake scene! Catherine
Still editing...nothing to see here...move along! Catherine
