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Jasmine Hart
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 Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: Jasmine's Efforts At Writing |
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I figured I'd start my own little thread here where I can write about my various projects, in order to monitor my own progress. Also, I reckon I'll start to feel guilty if I keep coming to this thread saying things like "Ya, actually, I'm not writing at all this week..." So hopefully this will work for motivation. I have posted my writing goals for the year in Meep's wonderful thread, but I'll repost them here, just so all my ramblings are together.They are as follows:
1) Edit/rewrite novel. It is in dire need of fixing.
2)journal regularly
3)poem a day (until notebook is full)
4)story a month " " " "
5)always have a piece in the post
6)Type up pieces regularly.
If I seem to be slacking off, I'd appreciate it if peopel felt like tisking at me and telling me crossly to write something before they launch a brutal paper airplane attack on me.Or if they feel like telling me about how they are managing to write so much more than me and how I really have no excuse. Lol.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Good idea Jasmine. I will be watching your progress. And I'll hopefully have time to e-mail you before I go out tonight. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm constructing aforementioned paper assault airplanes in case you fail. Just kidding -- good luck! |
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Jasmine Hart
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks guys. Ok, update;
I have fourteen poems.
I have fourteen and a half pages of the second draft of my novel done.
I am journaling every day.
I have a piece in the post.A couple of pieces, actually.
All my poems for this month have been typed up.
I have two pages of a plotless story.
Ok. So what are the problems?
1)I need to work on my novel more regularly. Would some kind mathematical person care to estimate how many pages I would need to do a week if I want to redraft a whole novel of aproximetely 150 pages (max, I think.)?
2) My story has absolutely no plot and I'm not enjoying writing it. I also don't have a concrete alternative. Any suggestions? (I'm keen to avoid the paper airplane attack.)
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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Ok...it's the last day of January, so I figured this would be a good time to review my progress;
1) I've rewritten 16 pages of my novel...less than I would like, though, unless my novel gains considerably in length during this rewrite (not impossible) sixteen pages a month will be enough to get it done.
2)I've journalled every day this month.
3) I have 34 poems, which exceeds my goal, but seven of them are haikus, as sometimes I was too busy/too tired/too lazy and unfocused to do anything more substantial...maybe try for less haikus next month...
4) I wrote two stories, which again exceeds my goal, but at least one of them is very weak.Still, words on paper is always good, right?
5)I have a couple of pieces in the post at the moment.
6) I've typed up all my new material.
Not a bad month, right? Let's hope I can keep this up... |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Try reriting about 10 a week, you will have it done in less than four months! |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| That's great Jasmine, you're doing very well. I wish I had your committment! |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks guys. That sounds like a plan aedomir, think I'll give that a shot! |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you rewriting your whole second draft? Is this on the computer or handwritten? Also, what section are your stories located in? I want to read them, maybe critique if I'm not too lazy to. Good luck with everything else! |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Hi khfan. Yes, I'm rewriting most of it, on the computer. Initially the whole first draft was handwritten but I typed it all up, virtually unaltered, at the start of autumn. I was able to keep a couple of pages almost exactly as they were, but now I'm at a point where parts need to be completely done over.
The stories which I wrote last month aren't on this site as I've submitted them to publications, and don't tend to post pieces her until after they've been rejected, so I can see where I've gone wrong.Thanks for the interest and the encouragement. I have a couple of stoires which I wrote last year on here...in fantasy and romanic fiction, I think, but they'll come up if you click my portfolio, so you can read those in the meantime if you like.
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So you've sent some stuff in for publication, huh? Well, that's neat. I'm working on a story I'm going to send in sometime when I get the rest of it written and edited.
I should have thought to look in your portfolio. Sorry, stupid me! |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| February- 29 poems, a story, pieces still in the post, I've journalled every day,and finished my journal yesterday, so I need to start a fresh one, only five haikus, which is an improovment on January, I've typed up everything...but I haven't written any of the novel...not sure why I can't focus on it...need to improove on that next month. |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Forcing yourself to write a novel is not an easy thing. I would start to do an outline, choice scenes and words, then connect them all together. Who says you have to write from beginning to end anyways? |
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| Thanks Vrta. No, I actually have the whole first draft done. I'm trying to do the second draft at the moment. Though, as you can see, I'm not trying all that hard... |
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1) I've started a whole new rewrite of the novel, from a different perspective. I have 4447 words. I'll never finish it this year at this rate...
2)Still journaling every day
3) Admittedely, I forgot my poem one day but I made it up, so I still have 31, but I have 14 haikus...I wasn't very poetically inspired this month...
4) My story was a mad dash done in a couple of hours and sent away instantly, but hey, it's done.
5) I still have pieces in the post and submitted 3 by email this month.
6) Everything is typed except the novel, which is hand-written.
I need to be more decicated to the novel, and try to avoid haiku. |
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