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Philippa East posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 10 months agoOkay, well today has gone well, I think. I managed about two hours, working on balancing the various twists, climaxes and (false) resolutions in the book. I think I’ve managed to pin down the problem more clearly and sketch out a general solution.
I still have to work out the specific details I’ll need to add into the story MS itself to pull…[Read more] -
Philippa East posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 10 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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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp – December 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 10 months ago
I can work with that… 🙂
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 10 months ago
Well done, Raine.
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Philippa East posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 10 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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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 10 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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Managed 500 words this morning on something completed unrelated to anything. *Sigh.
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Well… perhaps it’s related something that is currently in your future? No words are wasted, etc.
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Xander Michael replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 10 months ago
Home
It had always been a struggle, Kristjan’s relationship with Safiya, but it had been worth it. They met when she was studying in Reykjavik from Malaysia and it was love at first sight. It was a difficult courtship because Safiya never appreciated anything about Iceland save for it “having made you,” as she would say.
Kristjan could only…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Well done indeed! And (seriously) I am in awe looking at your word count.
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Jules replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Well done, Ath 🙂
And well done other fellow NaNoers
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Athelstone replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Well, that’s me done. I really thought I wouldn’t make it this time.
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Philippa East replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
Excellent! I am so chuffed for you. Well done.
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Hilary replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
That’s great, Raine. I, too, remember that amazing Now and Then story, particularly the sense of setting and history. Good for you.
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Jules replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
Brilliant, Raine. And very well deserved 😊
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Janette replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
Raine, that’s fab news and so well deserved. Happy dancing for you!
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Sandra posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
@ Admin: Is there some temporary hiccup with viewing recent Group comments? I responded to a comment in my SE group an hour or so ago, and Seagreen has replied twice; I can read what she says in the email notifying me, but all but one of the 7 posts are now unviewable.
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I had that once. Turned out I’d accidentally hit the spam button that hides posts.
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Thanks. I’ve now compounded the error be deleting the thread. Hopefully all will return, but I’ll check the spam button.
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I think there is a bug. When you post an “update” and people reply, replies are hidden after a while so that as much of the conversation as possible appears on screen as a block. There’s supposed to be a “show all comments” button, but this doesn’t always appear. The total next to the comment icon on the original post will show if replies are…[Read more]
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Glad to know it isn’t me 🙂
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 10 months ago
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“Listen to me, Luigi; we’re always on the lookout for new stage plays and this one sounded interesting. Ingenious plot, bit of sex, incest, prostitution, a potential murder and ending up with a suicide.” He put down the cigar he had been waving like a conductor’s baton and folded his hands on his expansive belly. “What’s not to like?”
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The turning up at the desk strategy works for me, Philippa.
Sounds like excellent progress, good work