Brain is all wrung out. I am determined to do my handout for a conference today, so that’s probably all the writing I get. The sad thing is that while I promised you snippets, there is nothing worthy of you this week. Instead, you get these progress reports. Twitterites do get one-liners, but snippets just aren’t coming.
Here’s where we’re at. The first two chapters are in good shape. The third and fourth chapters are more uneven. There are three brand new scenes in there that haven’t had time to cure, otherwise I think the writing is pretty solid. Likewise, chapter five is mostly solid, but has two brand new scenes, and one extensively revised scene. Those three are tomorrow’s work.
Chapter six is a real mix. There are four very solid scenes, two scenes that are in need of extensive revision, and two raw scenes, which are really just notes and have yet to be composed. In chapters seven through ten, there are 10 revision scenes and 10 raw scenes.
I’d love to have chapter five done and chapter six waiting for revision by the end of tomorrow. That’s essentially the end of my life as a full-time writer for the foreseeable future. Then we’ll be back to trying to write as we can, with planned time on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
I am currently the proud writer of 38.8K. I have no worries about this book falling in the right zone for a YA draft. That took a while.
Once I have the basic draft finished, I’ll do a detail/deep revision, and as each chapter goes through that, I’ll begin to solicit some reading comments.
It’s nice to have road map, still, but creating the fabric of reality is hard on the brain.
Does this writing process sound familiar to you, or alien to you? I’m curious about how you guys put it together.
Catherine
