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RichardB posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 5 months agoA good last few days. This weekend I have sorted two probs with my revived MS, the ghost story A Record of Sin.
The first was the paragraph formatting. which was in a mess inherited from the days when I didn’t know how to do it properly. I’ve been through the whole MS and put it right.
The second was a last, rather tricky POV change. Tricky…[Read more]
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Philippa East posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 5 months agoI’ve been inspired by the goals your guys are setting yourselves. I think I’m going to set myself the SloMo goal of doing (up to) three hours’ editorial work a day (on the days I’m not at work). That, for me, is enough time to get some solid work done, but hopefully not so long that I panic myself with how much I should be achieving. And I plan to…[Read more]
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I think I often try to do too much of that really close editing in a sitting, so start out being really thoughtful and ending up just drifting. So yes, time limits are probably something I need to be better at. Feels funny to limit your own writing time, rather than RL limiting it for you!!
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Yes, good point! But I agree, I think there’s a danger that we over-tax the creative subconscious by hammering away at idea-generation for too long.
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Daedalus posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 5 months agoTrue to form I am late to the party with this. I had a very good start to NaNo and a terrible end – but the good start enabled me to finish the first draft of a novel I’d been working on since 2013. It’s currently a 178,000 word monster, but I will use SloMo to start the long editing process, and also to write a couple of shorts.
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Oh wow, @daedalus, that’s a HUGE achievement. Congratulations on getting that whole draft done. SlowMo editing. I like it. And the shorts too.
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Thanks @philippaeast – I don’t think I will set a target for the amount to edit, as I’ve no idea what’s realistic. I’ll just try to do some every day. Like yours, my editing will be pretty structural, looking at character arcs, in their own right and in relation to others. As well as seeing if it’s possible to lose about 50,000 words.
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp – December 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 5 months ago
I can work with that… 🙂
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Raine posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 5 months agoSo my aim for today was to post this month’s challenge and get the shopping done. And I have just done both. So now I am covered in cats and physically unable to get myself more tea. *weeps*
Tmrw, I am hoping for 1000 words…
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Good stuff, @raine! I sometimes refer to those kinds of tasks as “clearing the decks” work. Like, getting that pesky stuff done so that I have a clear run of time in which to get my head down. “Clearing the decks” work is important work, not procrastination, because it’s a means to the end of getting the creative work done successfully. AT least,…[Read more]
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Raine started the topic Monthly comp – December 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 5 months ago
Ok, so I’m going all seasonal because how could I not? Below are two lists, one of seasonal events/moments, one of items/beings. Pick one from each and do what you like with them. 400 words. Have at it, my lovelies.
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– Lighting the first menorah candle.
– a Christmas eve midnight church service.
– Longest night.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 5 months ago
Well done, Raine.
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RichardB posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 5 months agoThis has got to be my spiritual home. I do everything in slow motion. Ask MrsB.
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Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 5 months ago
Well done Raine, and thank you Daed for giving such good feedback on all the entries. Good comp.
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Raine replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 5 months ago
Oh crikey, thank you so much jonathon! I wasn’t expecting that at all! There was so much to love in all the others. I actually, despite your concerns, absolutely loved your list of prompts!
I’m (still) on a train so will mull on a theme and kick off December tmrw. Thank you again. 🙂
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Philippa East posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 5 months agoHello Everyone, and thanks so much @raine for setting this group up.
Like Seagreen, I have editing work to do over the next month or so, so I am hoping I can make slow and gentle progress on that. I’m currently grappling The Fear / Resistance, so joining you all in this supportive place will be helpful, I hope.
My main panic is that these…[Read more]
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I know exactly what you mean about The Fear, both in general and in the specific form you mention. Encouragement: a few days ago I fixed a problem in my old revived MS that I’d been shrinking from for, literally, years, si if I can do it you certainly can.
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Thanks @richardB. “Shrinking from” – that’s exactly it!! I know I just need to take a deep breath, and step in. Quit worrying about the outcome and just engage with the process.
I have four clear hours tomorrow morning to work, so hopefully I will make some progress. Out of interest, Richard, what was the problem and what was your fix? (if you…[Read more]-
The problem was the one I mentioned a couple of days ago: the bloated chapter full of stuff the reader already knew. I was shrinking from it because there were several threads/issues involved and it was going to be hard work keeping track of them and figuring out what I could get away with losing. I solved it by being bloody ruthless – something…[Read more]
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Oh well done on the ruthlessness! And that sounds like such an important thing to have fixed. I wonder if part of our Fear can come from the sense that if we try to change tricky elements in the MS, the whole thing will fall apart….
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 5 months agoI’ve had a pretty good November writingwise, and have really re-connected with my current WIP which I started in a botched 3 day long Nano attempt a couple of years ago. I’ve also been re-reading my first MS to look for structural issues (found; fixing).
Now if I can just keep on at it without all of these real-life distractions. Work, family,…[Read more]
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I quite like the ‘100 days of writing’ target. It suits my pace – a little every day, or more should inspiration hit – and procudes prose I am more likely to want to stick with.
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 5 months ago
Congratulations, Raine! Well-deserved 🙂
And thank you, Jonathan, for dragging me out of my writerly walled garden and dropping me who-knows-where. -
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Daedalus replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 5 months ago
Well done Raine, fantastic competition Jonathan, many thanks for the feedback
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Well deserved G&T, I reckon!