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On chap 12

58k words

 

Great job!

 

Maybe a bit more than halfway done, now it's taking forever lol.

 

It always does in the middle. Don't give up! :)

 

I'm in the opposite place:

 

My first novel, which is about 95,000 words, is currently in the hands of a number of agents. After they reject it, I'll self-publish (not to be negative, but I am goth, after all... :P )

 

But what I'm working on right now is my second novel. I'm about 2/3rds done...and at about 137,000 words! So I'm actually going through some of what I've written now, and removing stuff, to cut that length down! I think an entire chapter is going to go.

 

BTW—Storyist is great for this, I don't actually "delete" large sections I remove, I move it out of my manuscript to a notebook entry that specifies where I removed the text from. Yeay Storyist!

 

Take care,

Orren

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BTW—Storyist is great for this, I don't actually "delete" large sections I remove, I move it out of my manuscript to a notebook entry that specifies where I removed the text from. Yeay Storyist!

 

Take care,

Orren

And if you want to keep the formatting, you can set up a manuscript called "Deleted text," with one section for each chunk of text you remove. That's what I do. For a while, when you cut and pasted, Storyist remembered the name of the original section and applied it to the new one in the second manuscript, but there was some rumbling about removing that feature as it had unexpected side-effects. I haven't cut an entire section in a while, so I'm not sure whether the automatic naming still works. But even if it doesn't, it's easy to rename the section after you've dumped the text—maybe with the place you removed it from.

 

We have our fingers crossed for you, Orren, regarding the agents. Keep slogging on, TAS! Before you know it, you'll be looking at the end.

Best,

Marguerite

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And if you want to keep the formatting, you can set up a manuscript called "Deleted text," with one section for each chunk of text you remove. That's what I do. For a while, when you cut and pasted, Storyist remembered the name of the original section and applied it to the new one in the second manuscript, but there was some rumbling about removing that feature as it had unexpected side-effects. I haven't cut an entire section in a while, so I'm not sure whether the automatic naming still works. But even if it doesn't, it's easy to rename the section after you've dumped the text—maybe with the place you removed it from.

 

We have our fingers crossed for you, Orren, regarding the agents. Keep slogging on, TAS! Before you know it, you'll be looking at the end.

Best,

Marguerite

 

Thanks, 65k words, 14 chapters and 265 pages so far.

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So I decided I’m going to work a little harder at writing this month and have a goal of 20,000 words in the month of February. This works out to about 714 words per day. As I’m at around 70,000 words currently, this would give me over 90,000 words come March. There is a very good chance this amount will have my book finished but I’m not sure as of yet.

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Good lord my procrastination knows no bounds, I wanted 20k words in Feb, I'm at 76400, pathetic. I have no excuse I've had PLENTY of time being unemployed. Lame.

February has been slow for me too. But then, life is what gets in the way of your plans. (I don't remember who said that.)

 

Twelfth biggest snowstorm in NYC ever!

- Thoth.

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Not tooting my own horn but posting milestones does seem to motivate me.

In the writing world do whatever floats your boat to get the words on the page.

 

Just passed 80 thousand words at 325 pages. I estimate another 20 thousand words left.

Yea thealtruismsociety. Soon you'll have to start thinking about the movie rights, screenplay version and the sequel.

 

Go thealtruismsociety! Go!

- Thoth.

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I just looked at the chapter I'm working in, then my notes. I think I'm on the second to last chapter of my book ... nice.

Soon you will be basking in the glory of a job well done.

Maybe in time to join Script Frenzy.

(I get a chocolate bunny for every unsuspecting screen writer I bring into the fold. Just kidding. It's a marshmallow peep. Did you know they make "Heart Healthy" Cheerios in chocolate now? No kidding. Why am I rambling?)

 

`Twas Thoth, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All Thothy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

(Do you think Lewis Carroll had an editor?)

 

Outgrabing.

- Thoth.

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Soon you will be basking in glory of a job well done.

Maybe in time to join Script Frenzy.

(I get a chocolate bunny for every unsuspecting screen writer I bring into the fold. Just kidding. It's a marshmallow peep. Did you know they make "Heart Healthy" Cheerios in chocolate now? No kidding. Why am I rambling?)

 

`Twas Thoth, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All Thothy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

(Do you think Lewis Carroll had an editor?)

 

Outgrabing.

- Thoth.

 

Nah I have alot of work ahead of me before I even have to sweat paying for a editor. ;) I may do it next year though. 100 Pages is way easier than 50,000 words. When does Script Frenzy start again?

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100 Pages is way easier than 50,000 words.

Especially in screenplay format, with those big margins for dialogue. My estimate is that it should be about 20,000 words. Probably less. But the real problem isn't writing but figuring out what to write.

 

When does Script Frenzy start again?

Script Frenzy: April 1, 2010. But sign up before then.

NaNoWriMo: November 1, 2010.

 

- Thoth.

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Especially in screenplay format, with those big margins for dialogue. My estimate is that it should be about 20,000 words. Probably less. But the real problem isn't writing but figuring out what to write.

 

 

Script Frenzy: April 1, 2010. But sign up before then.

NaNoWriMo: November 1, 2010.

 

- Thoth.

 

Oh I have plenty of topics. Are you allowed to adapt from other genres? Say Manga?

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Absolutely. Screenplays, TV scripts, Stage plays and Comic books. Check it out in the overview.

And why, o Thoth, have you not signed up as Thothy? Thothette? ThothNYC? ThothfromdaBronx?

 

I am amazed—nay, astonished—that you are letting this kid from da Midwest oust you to Edward Jessupdom. ;)

 

Congrats, TAS. Don't sweat the editor. Instead, finish your revisions. Put the book aside for a couple of months. Go back to it and revise it again. By then you'll be in clover and you won't have wasted a cent on an editor for something that could probably use one more rewrite anyway. (Almost everything can, alas.)

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And why, o Thoth, have you not signed up as Thothy? Thothette? ThothNYC? ThothfromdaBronx?

I am amazed—nay, astonished—that you are letting this kid from da Midwest oust you to Edward Jessupdom. ;)

Thoth2.0? ThothB? NEVER! I am Thoth or I am nothing!

 

Alas, this started at NaNoWriMo 2009. When I tried to sign up as Thoth I was told that my name was taken. I looked her up though. Don't worry, I was polite. She's just a kid. A weird little kid. Anywho, I was so flustered that I went with my porn name (I.e., middle name plus the street you grew up on. What's yours?). A knee-jerk reaction, to be sure, but I regret nothing. To my surprise, names carry over from NaNo to Frenzy, so I'm screwed again. Set up a new account, you say? If I do then I lose all my Edward Jessup cred from NaNo.

 

Congrats, TAS. Don't sweat the editor. Instead, finish your revisions. Put the book aside for a couple of months. Go back to it and revise it again. By then you'll be in clover and you won't have wasted a cent on an editor for something that could probably use one more rewrite anyway. (Almost everything can, alas.)

All good advice, TAS.

- Thoth.

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Damn I have an completely original movie idea now too, damn it.

Edit: Well crap I just signed up for Script Frenzy, apparently it's the same log in info as your NaNoWriMo account. I'll have to finish my book up then map out my movie story.

Enjoy

-Edward (Thoth) Jessup.

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