My total for last week is 4589 words. Comparatively low for me, but I'm okay with that because it all feels like progress. For one thing, my untitled Yami story is growing a title! I'm calling it Stigma. For now, anyway. Up til last week it was just "the shower story," because it's based on a scene from one of my old notebooks in which Tsuzuki and Hisoka are about to get in the shower together.
My task in writing this story is to figure out how they got to that point. Since I want the lead-up to flow seamlessly into the existing scene, so it's been a matter of plotting in reverse. I started by going through the shower scene and picking out elements of dialogue, situation, relationship dynamics, and so on.
Much as I tried to be systematic, though, it took a lot of writing and throwing away to get to a beginning for the story that has the right vibe to set up the mood of the later part of the story. As tough as it is, though, I'm really happy with how it's starting to come together. Of course I'll be even happier when the boys start coming together...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
carbonmade rocks!
My current work contract is coming to an end at the animation studio where I work, so one of the things I absolutely had to get done last week was get my portfolio online and updated and looking reasonably professional.
I'd been putting it off because, while I technically can build websites, and have done so in the past, I was dreading the actual image gallery part. Lucky for me, I discovered carbonmade.com.
It's a portfolio service that lets you put your images up for free, in a very professional looking format. They also have a paid version that allows more images, but the free one was perfectly fine for what I needed to do. So carbonmade gets a big thumbs up from me, and for anyone who's interested, feel free to check out my spiffy new animation portfolio!
I'd been putting it off because, while I technically can build websites, and have done so in the past, I was dreading the actual image gallery part. Lucky for me, I discovered carbonmade.com.
It's a portfolio service that lets you put your images up for free, in a very professional looking format. They also have a paid version that allows more images, but the free one was perfectly fine for what I needed to do. So carbonmade gets a big thumbs up from me, and for anyone who's interested, feel free to check out my spiffy new animation portfolio!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Word count
I was sick with an Evil Virus this week, so I was amazed to tally up my word count for the week and realize that I still got just over 7,000 words written, across three different projects.
Embarrassingly, the vast majority of that, around 4,500 words, was written for my untitled project, though the actual chunk that I'm keeping is under 3,000 words. I wonder if an inevitable part of writing consists of churning out scenes until something actually seems to fit. Maybe it is, though I can't help wondering if there's some way to shorten that process. Perhaps it's a skill that comes with experience?
On the plus side, I was typing along on Lucidity this week and suddenly realized that I have one scene left to go in Act 2, which means I am halfway through the first draft! Act 2 is a mess at the moment, with randomly placed chapter breaks and a number of original characters who don't actually have names yet, but that's okay... it's progress, and I'm really excited about it.
My favorite line is from my untitled story, so far called "the shower story" on my hard drive.
Embarrassingly, the vast majority of that, around 4,500 words, was written for my untitled project, though the actual chunk that I'm keeping is under 3,000 words. I wonder if an inevitable part of writing consists of churning out scenes until something actually seems to fit. Maybe it is, though I can't help wondering if there's some way to shorten that process. Perhaps it's a skill that comes with experience?
On the plus side, I was typing along on Lucidity this week and suddenly realized that I have one scene left to go in Act 2, which means I am halfway through the first draft! Act 2 is a mess at the moment, with randomly placed chapter breaks and a number of original characters who don't actually have names yet, but that's okay... it's progress, and I'm really excited about it.
My favorite line is from my untitled story, so far called "the shower story" on my hard drive.
Hisoka stilled beneath him, his eyes taking on a look of expectancy. His body felt hot through the layers of their clothing and he was all sinew and sharp angles, his lean chest rising in sharp, quick pants.I so love writing from Tsuzuki's POV...
Monday, March 9, 2009
weekly word count
Favorite line of the week:
8,363 words. Yay, me!
Hisoka's body, frozen as it was at a hormonally inconvenient age, was not to be trusted at the best of times. Sharing hotel rooms with Tsuzuki when they were out on cases together had become its own special kind of torture.My butt is being kicked by an Evil Virus this week, but I still managed to get a decent chunk of writing done. For Lucidity, my "A" story, I got 4,669 words written. For my untitled "B" story, I wrote 2,315 words, and for a third story, tentatively titled Scorched Earth, I wrote 1,379 words. So for the week of March 2 thru 8, that's a grand total of...
8,363 words. Yay, me!
Monday, March 2, 2009
weekly word count
So this is my word count report for the week of Feb 23 thru Maruch 1:
For Lucidity, my "A" story, I wrote 4,767 words. For my untitled "B" story I wrote 2,356 words, though not all of those will actually end up in the story. But I still wrote them. So that brings my word count for the week to... (drumroll please...) 7123 words in total. Go me!
For Lucidity, my "A" story, I wrote 4,767 words. For my untitled "B" story I wrote 2,356 words, though not all of those will actually end up in the story. But I still wrote them. So that brings my word count for the week to... (drumroll please...) 7123 words in total. Go me!
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