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Hello to all the writers out there!
I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy.
I wanted to ask how your writing is progressing. Are you working on a first draft or editing or both? I have been getting about 1000 words a day on my current first draft; I have about 37,000 now. I hope to be finished with that initial draft at the end of the month or early next month. Then it will be a month of revisions!
Now, this will be a bit of shameless self-promotion, but if you are having difficulty finishing your first draft, then please check out my book–Get The Draft Done! in which I offer strategies for finishing your first draft.
So, I ask all of you: how is your writing progressing?
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In your range, Charles, 30,000 plus on first draft of #21 – a romance/mystery/suspense novel… shooting for finish of second draft May/June – publish Summer 2020. Best wishes to you… BRC
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Thank you so much, and the same to you!
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Well done, Charles, 1 000 words a day is about my average too. I finished my second draft on Monday (well the first draft was 35 000 words and now it is 105 000 words) and will start editing it tomorrow.
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Robbie, that is wonderful! Excellent work!
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I got a little over 5000 words done on the novel Iâm rewriting, but the podcast and other things kept me from getting much writing done this week.
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Keep writing!
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About to get started.
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My writing is coming along, first draft on one novel and I should be doing another editing pass on a previous novel, but I dropped it for now because I was getting mixed up switching back and forth!
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Very good! Keep going.
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Still not as much as I would like it to be, unfortunately.
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Hi Andrew, keep writing!
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Thank you!
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You are welcome.
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It sounds like you’ve been keeping busy. Very cool. As my blog “…Spring a Leak” indicates I’ve been mostly busy with that.
When I saw your leading picture of the typewriter, I immediately thought of a who dunnit, where the incriminating evidence was found in the typewriter.
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I love that!
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I’m on edit number 2 and having sent it to a fabulous author of a similar genre, been told that I need to look at the structure and ditch the prologue! This is going to mean a bit of a rethink as to the start of the book. I’ve been googling like mad and see that yes, prologues are generally disliked as they can be a cheat’s way of starting a book. There’s clearly quite a knack to all this, which I have yet to not only discover, but to put into practice. Any advice welcome! Katie
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Hi Katie, I have heard the same thing about prologues, but I have seen many excellent books with them. My suggestion is to trust your own instincts.
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Yes, I have too so it’s a difficult one. Thanks for the advice … I suspect you’re right.
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You are welcome.
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I’m in the middle of rewriting, so I’m on the second draft. Best of luck with your manuscript, Charles:))
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Thank you so much!
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Hello, Charles! Kudos on your WIP! I’ve been focusing on poetry, with random notes and some systematic research for a new novel. Thanks for asking!
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Liz, you are welcome, and thank you!
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You rock, Charles. More importantly, you are rock. Thank you!
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Jennie, thank you so much!
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You are welcome!
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This post of your inspired me to continue my novel that I always refuse to continue due to self doubt…
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Hello, and I am happy that it helped! Please continue to write. Don’t let others or you stop your writing.
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I’ve seen more progress in watching paint dry than I do in my writing. I think I’m too distracted with current events right now. 🤪
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Hi Karina, perhaps, you should pick a time to turn off all media, relax, and just read books–then try writing.
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My writing’s going very well. I’m still on redrafting my first novel and have recently tried a new redrafting exercise – writing my novel from memory as a short story. It was a lot of work (involving writing over 7000 words in one day) but it was definitely worth it. It gave me a much clearer view of what needed fixing than when I was redrafting chapter by chapter.
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Thank you! That is a very interesting revision idea!
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Thats a really good question, Charles. Sorry, i am not writing novels, i am investigating the truth, writing pleadings, and requests for injunctions of witness hearings. 😉 Its progressing very good. But dont ask the counterparty. Lol Best wishes, Michael
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Hi Michael, Good luck with your work.
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