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Okay so my project is hard to see, but I feel it deep in my bones that I am on the right track. No way will I be a 'nanowrimo winner' but that's not my goal anyway.
I didn't do much work today--gosh am kinda spacey and tired after going to see The Secret Life of Bees with my daughter--but I *thought* alot, and did outline out my gameplan for Stage: I have 20 chapters outlined (minimal outline--literally "X must happen in this chapter to move forward." I don't dare do more than that at this point--it is enough. I know my beginning, middle, and end, I know my climaxes and I hammered out my logline. I also know my chapter-length goal (roughly 16-19 pages per chapter, 20 chapters--that puts me between 95,000 and 100,000 for the first draft--rewrite will hopefully cut, chomp, polish, add to end up around 90,000). Though I'm not specifically targeting YA fantasy, I'm keeping the ms below 100,000. I know, I know--but I know I can do it.
I rather like my plot. It is a simple one really, but it is original enough and based on something I haven't been able to find much fiction on (just a MG book), so I am excited about that. And highly protective, lol.
I feel a little sad, deciding at this point to focus solely on this one thing. But my track record proves to me that working on different things at once is a recipe for failure. BIG failure. So, there you go. Nothing else but Stage is on the radar for the foreseeable future.
I found a way cool word count meter though that I intend to utilize...it is a very simple one from Writertopia:
Pretty nifty, I think. Here's the link to it: http://www.writertopia.com/toolbox/meters
I didn't do much work today--gosh am kinda spacey and tired after going to see The Secret Life of Bees with my daughter--but I *thought* alot, and did outline out my gameplan for Stage: I have 20 chapters outlined (minimal outline--literally "X must happen in this chapter to move forward." I don't dare do more than that at this point--it is enough. I know my beginning, middle, and end, I know my climaxes and I hammered out my logline. I also know my chapter-length goal (roughly 16-19 pages per chapter, 20 chapters--that puts me between 95,000 and 100,000 for the first draft--rewrite will hopefully cut, chomp, polish, add to end up around 90,000). Though I'm not specifically targeting YA fantasy, I'm keeping the ms below 100,000. I know, I know--but I know I can do it.
I rather like my plot. It is a simple one really, but it is original enough and based on something I haven't been able to find much fiction on (just a MG book), so I am excited about that. And highly protective, lol.
I feel a little sad, deciding at this point to focus solely on this one thing. But my track record proves to me that working on different things at once is a recipe for failure. BIG failure. So, there you go. Nothing else but Stage is on the radar for the foreseeable future.
I found a way cool word count meter though that I intend to utilize...it is a very simple one from Writertopia:
Pretty nifty, I think. Here's the link to it: http://www.writertopia.com/toolbox/meters
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Date: 2008-11-12 05:17 am (UTC)Are you a future Newberry winner, per chance? Could be you know...
Another good source for just general what;s-going-on-in-the-MG/YA-world is www.absolutewrite.com. I've learned tons from there--good place to ask general questions too, should you have them and have nowhere else to ask. Lots of experienced people there.
Am sorry about Benny. It sounds like you are writing higher MG, early YA...and how the heck one decides that is...up to the publisher. LOL!
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Date: 2008-11-12 05:34 am (UTC)Thanks for the resource ... will check it and bookmark it!
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Date: 2008-11-12 05:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-11-12 05:45 am (UTC)Yeah ... like I take my own advice.