May 500 words/day thread--all genres welcome

Melenka · May 12, 2008

1700 words yesterday, cuz all I asked for on Mother's Day was to be left in peace to write for awhile. Well, that and boy hugs. It was a good day.

AnnieColleen · May 12, 2008

Still making progress on the outline. Wish I could've gotten it done before NaNo instead of after, but this is still good... (My mom's comment: "You're not going to do that November writing thing again, are you?" Umm, yes, actually. Just hopefully with more prep this time!)

Melenka, what a cool Mother's Day! My mom got a lawn mower...she was very excited!

TheIT · May 12, 2008

Not a good weekend for me in more ways than one, though I did spend a lot of time reading. Hopefully I'll get back into writing this week.

heyjude · May 12, 2008

I'm finally writing again. We went away and I deliberately left the computer behind. So when inspiration hit I was left with a notebook and some pens. TheIT, I was thinking of you!!! I don't know how you do it...

Got tons of plotting and actual writing done on the new idea. Woo-hoo!

TheIT · May 12, 2008

Pen & paper ... join us. Come to the dark side - we have ink! Mwahahaha!!!!

Whenever I'm brainstorming ideas, I automatically reach for paper rather than the computer. I find it much easier to think in random directions when I'm scribbling notes down rather than typing. Something about typing makes me want to make the words look pretty, plus I can't draw arrows which drives me nuts.

Got about halfway through my SF/F Challenge piece on Friday, but the story was making me depressed so I set it aside for the weekend. I think I'll try to finish it tomorrow at writers' group.

SPMiller · May 12, 2008

I have a nice graph of my fantasy novel's wordcount from the day I started it to the day I finished the first draft. Is that the sort of thing people would be interested in seeing?

Melenka · May 13, 2008

739 words tonight. And now it's time to sleep.

heyjude · May 14, 2008

Despite four screaming children destroying my house last night I managed to just about meet the goal. Hey, when the muse speaks who cares about ketchup on the carpet?!

TheIT · May 14, 2008

Wrote a page last night at writers' group, then I had a great brainstorming session with some of the people from the group. Not sure what's going to fall out of the discussion, but I've got some ideas to play with now.

AnnieColleen · May 14, 2008

2 scenes yesterday.

Melenka · May 15, 2008

800 words on Wednesday, but I'm going to take most of them back because it was truly craptastic. I might not even wait for the rewrite to fix that part.

TheIT · May 15, 2008

Wrote a little bit more on my challenge piece, plus I'm letting some ideas percolate about my novel revision. My novel is mutating again. Disconcerting when it does that, but it usually ends up in a better form afterwards. I hope.

heyjude · May 15, 2008

A thousand words today. Woo-hoo!

Melenka, "craptastic?!" Surely not that bad!

Calla Lily · May 15, 2008

Finally over the headcold and keying edits. Got a neat 4th disaster idea, too.

Manderley · May 16, 2008

You're all doing so well!

I haven't written in ages, but finally managed to BIC yesterday. Rewrote a chapter after feedback from my writing group, tightened up parts of it and added new stuff where needed. Much better now.

Melenka · May 17, 2008

500 words tonight to finish the chapter that no longer sucks.

TheIT · May 17, 2008

I managed to get a little more written for my novel revision, plus I finished my May SF/F Challenge piece. It's more disturbing than what I usually write, but it fits the backstory of my novel. All comments welcome.

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102992

heyjude · May 18, 2008

"The chapter that no longer sucks." I so love that. And I'm happy for you Melenka!

I'm still plugging along, still excited, and still chock-full of fun ways to torture my characters.

Lily, how many disasters is this story going to have?!

TheIT, that's some powerful writing there!

Calla Lily · May 18, 2008

jude--a bunch. There's 3 separate plotlines. I got stuck late last night and quit after about 200 words. Think I saw the light while cleaning the bathroom. Chores can be useful.

runner4life · May 18, 2008

Finished my 2nd most important chapter last night after planing forever. Feels great.

It was about 1700 words last night which was plenty more than what I normally would write for a days worth.

heyjude · May 18, 2008

Welcome runner4life! That's a whole whole buncha words! Congrats.

Lily, chores? Really? I'll have to try that, lol!

Manderley · May 19, 2008

Tried to write on WIP yesterday, but didn't manage to do anything. Wrote some poetry instead.

Triomferus · May 19, 2008

While figuring out various things for my nonfiction work, I've been toying in my head with a novel that is based on an idea I've had for a couple of months. I finally wrote the first 1,800 words today and an additional 1,600 of outlining/plot planning/background info for me to refer to about the characters.

TheIT · May 19, 2008

Great start, Triomferus! Good luck on the rest.

Transcribed another scene in my revision, plus finished reading another book. Feels good to be reading again.

runner4life · May 19, 2008

Thanks jude! Yeah normally I try to write 500 words when I sit down to write. I kinda just kept writing until i was finished - happened to finish around 4 in the morning lol but all good.

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