Comments on: NaNo: First Two Chapters Down — 3,147 Words Down

By: Tamara

Tamara — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:22:39 +0000

Wow, I really like it. Excellent details. Last year (and even this time) I have gone back and added detail to an already written part. It’s not really revising, it’s adding, so I think it’s OK as long as it doesn’t get away from you!

You’re doing great on word count. Now I need to catch up to YOU!

By: n. mallory

n. mallory — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 13:35:36 +0000

The strangest thing about going back to look at my old blog is that I had fogotten that someone had gotten fired that morning. It’s almost like it was foreshadowing in my real life and of course I can only see it in hindsight. It’s as if The Minion Supervisor had gotten rid of one troublemaker and was focusing on the next, slowly getting rid of those with freewill.

And I had a thought based on our discussion yesterday about the different treatments “Nora” tried. I’m going to add in the aromatherapy part at the beginning of Chapter Two today. I just think it’ll fit nicely and flesh the scene out a bit…well, make it an actual scene.

How’s the journal format working out for you? I’m probably going to sprinkle blog entries through my story.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:27:39 +0000

It would be going better if I hadn’t had a migraine since Tuesday night. Great timing, huh?! And it’s my busiest time at work, and I have to write a bunch of copy for our Annual Report.

Otherwise, I have been trying to remember that even though it’s a journal, it can have scenes and dialogue. I actually flipped back through my copy of “Bridget Jones’ Diary” to remind myself it doesn’t all have to be strict “journaling” but more like a journal form of first person.

Now I guess I need to figure out what the strong reason is to have it in a journal format at all. (Aside from that contest I want to enter, that is!)

I think your NaNo is shaping up very nicely so far! Yay!