 |
| First Wednesday of every month. |
Most of my WIPs are light and funny, but one of them is dark and edgy. In fact, not too long ago I skipped out on bringing a racy chapter to my crit group. After receiving fantastic feedback on the chapters that I did bring to my group, I feel better about this manuscript. Yes, it’s unlike my other current projects, but different is good and I’m stretching my writing muscles. If you're curious about it, it's the last one listed for my ROW80 goals, VD. And no, it doesn't stand for "veneral disease," as some of you mentioned in comments awhile ago. ;)
***
This round of A Round of Words in 80 Days runs from January 7th to March 28th. Here are my goals for this round, all involving YA manuscripts. Abbreviations are used for the titles and updates are in red.
A) Revise and edit EK, a manuscript my beta readers gave me feedback on right before the round. Since last Wednesday I revised 4 more chapters, with 17 out of 26 chapters revised.
B) Revise M, a draft I wrote during the summer. Since last Wednesday I revised 5 more chapters, with 18 out of 24 chapters revised.
C) Revise and edit VD. I went through one phase of revisions during the last round. For this round I'd like to polish the manuscript before sending it to beta readers. Since last Wednesday I revised 13 more chapters, with 26 out of 26 chapters revised. I will soon start on the second round of revisions. Also, I took a chapter to my critique group and will use their feedback to tweak it.
I hope everyone is doing well with their goals.
36 comments:
You are a revising machine! I need to rev-up my engine instead of procrastinating. Setting goals sounds really good right about now...
It's great to push yourself outside of your usual comfort zone, like you said, you exercise different imaginative muscles!
Definitely a good idea to write outside your normal genre or subject matter. if it's interesting to you, I'm sure it will be interesting to others.
mood
Moody Writing
You are so focused and determined that those muscles are in the "bulging biceps" category!
Someone thought it stood for VD? That's terrible!
We grow faster and stronger when we stretch beyond ourselves. Hope you continue to work on that manuscript.
It takes courage to try something different, but it is very gratifying. I am glad you did.
Sounds intriguing!
I've been so slow lately - your speed impresses and inpsires me!
After two light books, I am planning to write a dark and edgy book. Lets hope I can do justice to it.
Way to go with those goals!
I love your goal list! You're doing so well! Woohoo!
Best to you with your goals! You are making progress. No matter how much we write, I think there's always a part of us that kinda, sorta doesn't want to share it because..."what if they hate it?" =)
Wow, Medeia. You sure get a lot done. Do you ever sleep??? You're amazing.
Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
I live for revision. Keep up your excellent work, Medeia. I'm pulling for you.
I always admire your goals, Medeia. Truly. You are so good about setting and meeting them. Nice teaser, too, about the new WIP, lol, why not post a little of it here? ......
Go muscle lady go! I really need your time management skills!
I'm glad to hear you're stretching your writing muscles and enjoying the end result so far. :)
Now I'm curious... what could VD stand for? hmm...
~Akoss
LOL Venereal Disease would be a different book, I don't know if good, but different. ;)
Good luck with your goals Media. I think it makes us better writers to stretch ourselves out of comfort zones.
.......dhole
Someone once said that great stories are born in revising, not writing. It's important. But not as much fun for me as the original draft
It is good to flex your writing muscles and try out different stuff. I'm curious to know why you didn't bring the racy chapter to your writing group. Were you concerned some members might be uncomfortable with it?
I like dark and edgy.
That's hilarious that someone thought it stood for VD, as in the disease. It's sad the the initials for Valentine's Day is the same.
There's just no slowing you down! :)
You are an editing machine, girl! Always challenging to stretch in a different direction, but well worth the effort. Keep going.
Wow - you're making great progress on your goals. Keep up the good work!
Egad woman! You are SUPER WOMAN! Great job. And I love stretching my writing muscles. Preparing to start a detective novel that is YA. That's definitely a stretch for me. Happy weekend. :-)
Yay for writing something a bit different than your usual. It's always good to mix things up here and there.
Congratulations with your progress! I'd love to have a critique group like my old Creative Writing Club, only composed of people with a bit more professional outlook.
You're doing fantastically! Way to go! :)
Wonderful progress. I'm amazed by how fast you read and write.
So, did I count 22 chapters in 3 different works revised since last Wednesday? You are amazing.
Mmm, like, do you find time to do things, like, I dunno, eat and sleep with all this editing and revisionism stuff going on? I can sense where your 'dark' and 'edgy' new approach to storytelling is coming from. You're overworked ;-)
Someone already mentioned it, but I was stunned at counting 22 chapters revised in a week! You're on fire! You must have incredible focus.
Sorry, but that's kind of funny that people thought it might stand for venereal disease. It sounds like you are moving right along as usual.
Thanks so much, everyone. I missed posting last Monday and Friday because of all the writing I'm doing, but I can't stop when I'm so focused.
Cynthia, I didn't feel comfortable, but they reassured me I can bring anything.
That first book sounds like a boring version of Groundhog's Day. Death without an emotional conncection is always weak.
-Maurice
It looks like you're making progress!
I spent last week focusing on a critique for a friend, but I'm back to revising TBW.
Post a Comment