Posted 3:20 PM by Tim
::Reader's Note::
NaNoWriMo is more or less officially dead right now, so I'm just going to put all the writing stuff in the same place. I'm slowly working on the edits for the novel, and I'm trying to set myself a reasonable date for the first revision to be complete. I'm thinking about January 15. That gives me 34 days (from now) to get it done. That's about 3 pages of edits a day. I think my evenings are going to get busy.

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Posted 1:06 PM by Tim
::NaNoWriMo::
Well, the writer's meeting went off great. A little sad that it's the end of it all, but there was some mention of an "editing group" so I've got that to look forward to. At least one of the writers is looking at doing a few more works later on this year (at least, that's the impression I've got). Now I don't feel like an idiot for thinking of doing something myself.

Posted 7:53 AM by Tim
::NaNoWriMo::
What's this? I thought that NaNoWriMo was over. Well, it is. But that doesn't mean that the fun has stopped! Two things: First, tonight is the TGIO party for the 'WriMo crew. Should be good laughs. Possibily readings from novels and so forth. I'd have to find a passage that I think I can read in open company. I need something that stands on it's own, and I'd perfer something that wasn't posted as an excerpt. Maybe I'll find something today.

Second, I started editing. Last night, just before bed, I borrowed the roomies print copy of the novel. I was intending to read it aloud to my wife, but was left alone with it too long and started reading it to myself. That's when my brain started going, "Opps. Bad sentence there. That word should be this word. If you used a comma there, it would flow better." And so forth. So I got a pen and started making changes. The first page is covered in blue. Words crossed out with the replacement scribbled above it. New sentences added, and punctuation changes everywhere.

I think a lot of people will do a little bit of this. They'll probably wait until January to get started on it though. Give the writing a break. I'm not sure. I really miss writing every day. Something about it worked for me. I've got other ideas that I'd like to get on paper (well, on something anyway).

We'll see what happens.
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