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Daily Divulge: Another Short Story Down
…maybe. I’m not entirely happy with it. It’s supposed to be in the horror genre, so I need to boost that up a few thousand notches, I think. But I’ve got less than 500 words left to play with, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative writing, daily writing, drowning, mermaids, Short story, Short Story Writing, submissions, word count, writing, writing every day
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Daily Divulge: Oh, Hello Monday
Forgot to update yesterday. Oops. Got my Shakespeare fix last night. We went to see a local production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. I’d never seen or read that one before, but I managed to follow along just fine. … Continue reading
Daily Divulge: Three Day Weekend!
Not from writing, of course. That would defeat the purpose of writing every day. Nah, just from the book store. Three days of not sweating to death while throwing around boxes and books and unwrapping 8000 pens (the new season … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative writing, daily writing, novel, novel writing, plot, word count, writing, writing every day
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Productive Procrastinating
So the first draft did wind up at less than half of the minimum word count. I started plumping it out this morning, and then I got sidetracked by changing up the look of this blog. I think it looks … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative writing, editing, fiction, procrastination, rewriting, Short story, word count, writing
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Haven’t Had This Problem in a While…
So I came across a call for submissions of short stories that had an interesting premise I could work with. I worked on research, characters, and plots yesterday, and today, I really got down to writing the actual story. And I’m … Continue reading
Writing Contest Progress: Aaaaand DONE!
Yep. Entry is done and sent off early. Hey, I have things to do tomorrow, and I’m not 100% sure on the time zone difference between me and Toasted Cheese’s headquarters. And it’s done anyway. I can’t think of much … Continue reading
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Tagged late night, Short story, Three Cheers and a Tiger, Toasted Cheese, word count, writing, writing contest
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