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Mo Watchin’
Well well well, 2/3rds of the way through the month, are we? I applaud you! For those that aren’t innit, you could be writing hundreds of words by switching to NPI. And that’s not such a bad thing, is it? Like … free fish n’ chips or some...
Still watchin’
Welcome back. It’s impressive you’ve made it this far. But I must warn you– the month’s only a third of the way through. And, outside in the wintery winter, it grows ever colder. /begin out-of-sync lips/ Your laid-back-fu is...
Who’s watchin’?
Yes, I’m watching each and every one of you, just like the Geico money. (for those not familiar.) And so far everyone’s doing an excellent job– OR ARE THEY??? Well, everybody’s still innit at least. With the first five days done, let’s ...
Another NPI!
Welcome to the relaxed version of the Novel-Push Initiative!!! Remember we’re taking it easy this December; we just want consistency, so write every day if you can—those 250 words will come to you more easily as the month rolls on. Quality above ...
Welcome to Another NPI!
Welcome to the relaxed version of the Novel-Push Initiative!!! Remember we’re taking it easy this December; we just want consistency, so write every day if you can—those 250 words will come to you more easily as the month rolls on. Quality above...
The Roster for NPI December ‘09
I just got over the H1N1 flu, no joke. So imagine my surprise when I log back in to find lots more participants joined-up for the novel-push!… This is going to be fun…. And possibly fierce, isn’t it? Well! I admit I was resting on laurels. Now...
Experiencing a return to form
Right before crap hit the fan in my life, I was writing every day. It felt good. There were days, weeks and months when I was at the hospital and found myself missing writing. I tried bringing a spiral notebook/legalpad/3-ring binder along to handwr...
Novel-Push Initiative – Laid-back edition
Every three months … . Yeah, remember? http://5-rings.com/blog/2009/09/every-three-months/ Shall we try this again? Let’s make it nice and easy. Ten days isn’t a lot of time to get prepared. A lot of you might be coming off a NaNoWriMo crash an...
Dialect (and you)
The Tower of Babel (Etemananki) has made life that much more difficult for us story lovers. We miss out on a lot of great books that never get translated overseas. We have to get our own works translated to see the broader world market. And us writer...
Another Annotation and a Deleted Scene
By some miracle, I’ve been editing every day since my last post. I seem to have my groove back!—Here’s hoping it sticks around for awhile. My recent success of revising/editing nineteen pages in the last 48 hours made me feel like I could ...
Getting my brain to cooperate, and Annotations
I try to remind myself that I can say something today that I couldn’t say last year, and honestly wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to say: I’m done with my first draft! I’m in the editing/revision step. How would me-one-year...
Virtual Kinship
I know I haven’t posted in a few moons, and I wish I could tell you I’ve been editing this whole time. But let’s just say slow and not-so-steady isn’t working very well. I’ve gone through the conceptualization of Five Rings and two sequel n...
The dingo ate your novel.
All over the interwebs, it’s “What was it like writing your first novel?” And the canned answer is: “It was like having a baby.” Is writing a novel really like having a baby? It’s said that the novel-writing process (especially writing y...
The Revision Process
So it turns out books on editing and revising are mostly for speeches, dissertations, and college essays. If there’s a book out there solely on the revision process for a novel, I had trouble finding it. Maybe it’s too narrow a market—maybe...
NPI - The Epic Conclusion!
Welcome to the finish line—You’ve made it! Without further ado, the final statistics: 1. Joseph Lewis: Tally: Previous Total WC: 28,608. May… 25th: Update @ 1,690 words. 26th: Update @ 1,128 words. 27th: Update @ 1,465 words. 28th: Update ...
The halfway point
Yo, yo, yo peeps. Not only is it FRIDAY, (yeah, it’s freaking Friday, party people!) but you’ve managed click on another wondrous (read: long-winded) pseudo-weekly progress report of the Novel-Push Initiative. N P I YEAH BABY!!! Quick reminder: I...
Encouraging :)
A few days ago, I was heavily discouraged by certain recent books and movies that are socially embraced and loved even though they have what I may consider bad writing. In the end, I decided to just move on and be upset. And after packsister’s comm...
Ten days later…
I hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day! It’s time to tally again. I decided to wait until day 11 to have an even 10 days to look at. 1. Joseph Lewis: A big part of NPI is to aspire to be more like Mr. Lewis. Joseph’s experience with writing ...
Discouraging :(
Every once in a while, a movie or book comes out that the general population embraces—they overwhelmingly feels it’s great. A lot of the time, they’re right. But sometimes they’re dead wrong. When such stories are laden with bad grammar...
Novel-Push Initiative Redux
THE BASICS: Event will run from May 1st-31st. Simply write 350+ words per day! To discourage project-jumping, please pick only one project for this event (preferably something novella/novel-sized). You’ll need to publish your daily word counts ev...
NPI Day 26
WC: 669. The end of the month is so close. So I guess I’ll be taking on NaNo later on in the year after all. We’ll have to see how well I work under a lot more pressure than NPI had to offer. NaNoWriMo’s daily deadlines are much like Bradbury...
Novel Push Initiative: Halfway there!
Here we are at March 15th already. Great job! This is the moment of truth. Can we continue to write each day beyond the two-week point? It gets tougher and tougher from here on out. … Can we go the full thirty-one days? I know that if I can write...
NPI Day 14
WC: 325. Whew, almost didn’t make it today. One thing lead to another to where I’ve been gone from home since this morning. And it was looking like my friends wanted to hang out ‘til after midnight. I had to make that tough decision to leave th...
Novel Push Initiative: If I should fail…
Welcome to March 10th! Glad you’re still here :) The past five days have definitely had their share of highs and lows for us all. 1. packsister: Still coming in strong at first place, packsister has been an inspiration. Last time we checked in,...
NPI Day 3
Back again :) So far, 384 words today, about Cirellio and Cauinn travelling to a small town called Javo. They had a discussion where Cauinn revealed a bit about her past. Just to let you know, I do plan to do an update post showing where everybod...
Onyamarks, Gissett, Go!
Welcome to the first day of the Novel Push Initiative! I’ll be working on Five Rings. packsister will be working on her currently unnamed werewolf novel. And RG Sanders will be working on And the Stars Ran Red. The goal is to write at least 250 wor...
T-minus four days
The Novel Push Initiative: NPI is a mere four days away. Packsister and I are going to push our novel’s word counts forward from March 1st through March 31st. The goal is to write at least 250 words (or half a page) per day. If we miss reporting ou...
Style mimicry
I’ve heard one thing creative writing classes teach students is to try and mimic the style of famous authors. I think that’s pretty smart. After all, one way to ensure a writer can make informed decisions about the different aspects of their own ...
Show, don’t tell, Nick!
It was a day shrouded in winter. Talun buried his face in the wool of his hood. *sigh* They say writers struggle with ‘showing’ instead of ‘telling’ their whole lives. I guess I’m getting better at dodging exposition, but sometimes I’ll w...
Developing a style - part 3
Welcome to part 3! IMO, style is a fascinating topic. As I write, share, and critique more, it’s just as neat to watch other writers’ styles develop as it is to notice the subtle changes in my own. I’d love to share with you what wr...
