Decollated December - 500 words/day, all genres welcome!

I thought I elegantly solved a plot problem today. Then I read over it and realized that Character 1 doing A causes Character 2 to do B—but 1 only does A because B already happened.

So, net is still zero.

onesecondglance said:

Sent out a bunch of queries, and quietly fuming now that a couple of the agencies have sent auto-replies saying they're closed to queries in December. Why they couldn't make that clear on their websites instead of making me feel like I've broken the rules, I don't know.

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No rules broken, and least now you're in the queue!

asroc said:

I thought I elegantly solved a plot problem today. Then I read over it and realized that Character 1 doing A causes Character 2 to do B—but 1 only does A because B already happened.

So, net is still zero.

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Urg. Sympathies. I hate that kind of thing.

302 words for me today.

Zelenka said:

I seem to have a habit of missing out words when I'm typing though. And one sentence I had to take out entirely because I don't know if it was a typo or if I was referring to something but it made no sense at all.

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I get whole chapters like this sometimes.

cmhbob said:

Well....
My net today is going to be something like -12,500. I discovered a plot hole that almost qualified as a Too Stupid To Live moment. So the bad news is, I'm going to cut a couple of chapters. The good news is, the action should tighten up a bit, and I can still pretty much use a couple of late scenes I already had mapped out in my head.

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Frustrating, I'm sure; but I'm betting you're right, and it'll read really well with the cuts.

onesecondglance said:

Sent out a bunch of queries, and quietly fuming now that a couple of the agencies have sent auto-replies saying they're closed to queries in December. Why they couldn't make that clear on their websites instead of making me feel like I've broken the rules, I don't know.

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You have broken nothing. Out Of Office Autoreply, almost certainly. And now you know they've received it!

asroc said:

I thought I elegantly solved a plot problem today. Then I read over it and realized that Character 1 doing A causes Character 2 to do B—but 1 only does A because B already happened.

So, net is still zero.

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Ah, yes. Writing is 10% plot and 90% continuity. (And 10% whacking your head against a brick wall.)

Introversion said:

302 words for me today.

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Yay for words!

I nuked almost 700 tonight rewriting a bit I was originally going to throw away entirely. Didn't get as far as I wanted, but I think it came out OK.

I think I've got about 4,000 words today but I don't know how many I cut out, as this is all editing / rewrites at the moment. But I am now 55 pages into the edit.

I also subbed a story today!

onesecond, I completely sympathize. It takes me hours to send a query, customized in their format, even when my basic synopsis is set. What a waste for them not to mention that.

Asroc,that's one down,right? Introversion, good total.

Liz, I Don't know how the heck you are concentrating right now but great for you!

Zelenka, good luck on the subs.

I wrote a query and a scene. Actually broke 500 words total fir a change. The query is in QHL getting slashed up,however. But that's great because it's what I need. Feel free to help slice-n-dice it if you want.

Take care,

Lucie

Introversion said:

Urg. Sympathies. I hate that kind of thing.

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For a second I did consider just having him stumble on a portal and introducing a stable time loop, but that might be a little out of place in a contemporary crime fiction story. Still haven't completely ruled it out...

lizmonster said:

I nuked almost 700 tonight rewriting a bit I was originally going to throw away entirely. Didn't get as far as I wanted, but I think it came out OK.

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You are my knight in shining inspirational armor.

Zelenka said:

I also subbed a story today!

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Good luck with the sub!

wonderactivist said:

I wrote a query and a scene. Actually broke 500 words total fir a change.

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Nice!

I finished one scene and started another, for 404 net words added. I'm pleased with that.

Awesome work, everyone!

Up to page 154. 60% done.

I started editing a scene last night and ended up writing a new one, 450 words like old times.

Saoirse said:

Up to page 154. 60% done.

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Woohoo! Excellent! Over the hump!

wonderactivist said:

I started editing a scene last night and ended up writing a new one, 450 words like old times.

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Yeah, I'll bet Snoopy-dancing was exactly what it felt like! Congrats!

An unexpected 423 words for me tonight. Felt like writing in word-flypaper at first, and I figured I'd do well to reach 200 all glued together awkwardly.

Bunches of edits, and a whole new chapter. My brain feels a bit like it's been through a blender.

Go, everybody!

Good morning all!

758 words of the new WIP written this morning.

And I got to the end of Chapter 1. Feels like great progress!

68 pages into the edit / rewrite. Think I've added about 4,000 words now and most of it has been new, rather than removing stuff. I'm very close to the halfway point in the book.

And then a character woke me at 2am to write a scene for him. 1100 words, half crap. I think I'm a writer again.

Yay, Lucie!

Introversion - Hey, progress is progress no matter how it's done.

Hugs, Liz!

Whoohoo, Shara!

Zelenka, awesome wordage. I'd kill for a 4k day.


Up to page 166. I managed to sell 51 copies of my debut novel, Fey Touched. It's the first time I made so many sales in such a short period (24 hours) and it's the most I've ever sold in one month. So that's like, huge. I participated in a promotion that started Sunday and ended yesterday, $.99 books for sale.

Also, my book made it to #76 in the Sci-fi/Time travel category in the Kindle store. Made my week!

ETA - I sold two more copies today!

lizmonster said:

Bunches of edits, and a whole new chapter. My brain feels a bit like it's been through a blender.

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Shara said:

758 words of the new WIP written this morning.

And I got to the end of Chapter 1. Feels like great progress!

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Nice!

Zelenka said:

68 pages into the edit / rewrite. Think I've added about 4,000 words now and most of it has been new, rather than removing stuff. I'm very close to the halfway point in the book.

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Zowie! 4000 words in one session??

wonderactivist said:

And then a character woke me at 2am to write a scene for him. 1100 words, half crap. I think I'm a writer again.

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Well, ACK! + YAY!

Saoirse said:

Up to page 166. I managed to sell 51 copies of my debut novel, Fey Touched. It's the first time I made so many sales in such a short period (24 hours) and it's the most I've ever sold in one month. So that's like, huge. I participated in a promotion that started Sunday and ended yesterday, $.99 books for sale.

Also, my book made it to #76 in the Sci-fi/Time travel category in the Kindle store. Made my week!

ETA - I sold two more copies today!

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Woohoo, that's awesome! A good day indeed!

I did some edits and added a net of 324 words. I'll take it.

Well done, everyone! And welcome back, wonder - that's got to feel terrific!

More edits and new stuff tonight. Down about 2K, but I'll be adding at least 1K more. (And it's mostly just being moved around anyway.) I think it's possible I'll meet my self-imposed deadline of the 15th.

Introversion said:

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I need that on a t-shirt.

lizmonster said:

I need that on a t-shirt.

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I believe that you have that on a t-shirt.

I want a shirt that says, "CAUTION, sleep-deprived crime writer hears character voices. Don't make any sudden moves." 412 words last night at midnight. No REM sleep.

Hugs, Lucie!

Liz - Awesome on the edits!

Introversion -


Up to page 195. Less than 100 pages to go!

(And I sold another copy of FT. Up to 56 total.)

Good wordage, everyone!

We totally lost Internet at the house last night, at around 9:00PM.

And by totally amazing coincidence , I had a word-count of 580, one of my better efforts lately.

All day-job work and no play makes dull-boy Intro write only 154 words.
All day-job work and no play makes dull-boy Intro write only 154 words.
All day-job work and no play makes dull-boy Intro write only 154 words.
All day-job work and no play makes dull-boy Intro write only 154 words.
All day-job work and no play makes dull-boy Intro write only 154 words.
All day-job work and no play makes dull-boy Intro write only 154 words.
All day-job work and no play makes dull-boy Intro write only 154 words.

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