The quote is completely irrelevant, I just thought it was the funniest thing I’ve heard today.
How’s It Going:
Fuck, this lesson is so tedious, still. On the bright side, I have come across a few things I’d missed that could be improved.
So, uh. Onward, I guess.
How’s It Going:
I ran out of printer paper. 🤦🏻♂️ But there’s more on the way. Should be here Monday.
Lesson 6 is all about characters, which are always pretty easy for me. Getting them just right takes a little work, but I usually get pretty close to the mark first try.
If you’ve been with me for a while, you may remember Lesson 7, aka the world triage lesson that I have never finished because it’s never made sense to me. Mostly due to the fact I write in a world that’s so similar to modern day America… With a few minor tweaks. Also, it’s always annoyed the crap out of me trying to do it on notebook paper.
Well, this time I have a functioning printer, so I can actually attempt this lesson with the worksheets. We’ll see how long I last.
How’s It Going:
There was one scene throwing me for a loop, but after scratching my head for a while and checking the forums, I think I figured it out. So Lesson 5, done.
Lesson 6 is for figuring out who is in my story and why. I already have one Not Actually Important™️ character to cut, but thankfully it’s going to be as simple as deleting one sentence. Don’t know what got into me that day.
I am so ready to dig my fingers into this damn book, ugh, it’s gonna be awesome when I’m done.
The new job is going super well. My coworkers are really chill and nice, the higher ups are helpful and just want me to succeed, and there’s a good balance of expectations and freedom. I’ve never been happier about coming in to a new job.
So far I don’t forsee a huge conflict with my writing, considering I will still only work Monday through Friday. But we’ll see.
How’s It Going:
This lesson is a little tough. Trying to suss out the true conflict and meaning of each scene. So far no issues, at least.
I have come up with some good additions this week, ways to make some of the scenes flow together better. And I have a scene in mind that will probably get cut.
And now I’m gonna be itching to cut and add for weeks, ugh.
Late post is late, but I finally got a job offer yesterday! What that means for my writing, I don’t know yet. But I’ll work it out.
How’s It Going:
Lesson 4 is one of the few lessons that is not only hard to measure progress on, but honestly doesn’t take much work. It’s actually kinda fun to lay all my index cards out and look at the various threads I’ve weaved together without really trying, sussing out what they actually are, and pinpointing where I went wrong with them.
Lesson 5 is quite a bit more work, digging far deeper into the conflict of each scene than probably anyone else would care to, which is part of why I started on it early. But it’s a great exercise to see which scenes are rock solid, which could use some help, and which missed the boat completely. So far, I haven’t had any of the latter, so let’s hope it stays that way.
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