Last month (is it August already?!), I participated in a writing challenge hosted by Tristi Pinkston. Well, actually, I did almost no writing, unless you count rewriting, but then again I did have two family reunions, a road trip, moving my sister and a long visit from my family in July, so I tried to take it easy on myself.
Yeah, apparently I don’t know what that phrase means.
So I had to lighten my own load with revised goals the first week of the month—and I’m glad I did.
Edit 350 pages of my MS. Woot! I mentioned this before, but not only did I finish the two rounds of editing, I added a bunch of words (side note: once I had a writing client inform me that you cannot use “not only” without the accompanying “but also.” Riiiight.). I’m still working on cutting. Well, not really. I’m working on getting chapters to critique partners, still. My mom read it and liked it, though 😀 .- Read my library books:
Bedford Square (Anne Perry comes very highly recommended—and this counts for the Summer Reading Thing.)Read, now to review.- Death in Holy Orders Decided I’d have to check it out again.
The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to LifeSkimmed. Some chapters might really be useful enough to read again, especially the chapter on “Transcendency.”
Read at least one book off my Summer Reading Thing list.: Lockdown, reviewed last week! Hm. . . . two challenges this summer. Have I ever met a challenge I didn’t like? (Oh yeah.)Continue to mull over the exact plot, premise and motifs for my next WIP. (If I’m feeling really ambitious—or, y’know, stuck on a long road trip—even outline one book or the full story arc.)Mulled like cider, baby. (Um, wow . . . let’s just move on.) I have most of the book outlined, though I still need to clarify a few things and work on the conclusion. Still doing a lot of research in this area, and I definitely want to brush up in the genre before I nail down the characters and events, but I’ve already written a little of the opening. It was tough going, though, and I don’t like fighting with my writing from the beginning, so we’ll see.Stay current on critique partners’ edits.Thankfully, there wasn’t much demand in this area.
Even if you weren’t part of the challenge, how did your writing (or your vacation 😉 ) go for July?
Photo credit: Richard Dudley
My July goals were pretty soft, it being summer and all. I reviewed all the blogs I’m subscribed to and tried to pair them down to the essentials: writers, literary agents, and the publishing field. Time being what it is (extremely precious), everything else is just fluff. I wrote more of my WIP. And I survived…
😉
I’m looking forward to August now. Great things ahead!
June was our busy summer month, which made for a well-written July. I gave myself a fairly aggressive goal of 1000 words each day for Tristi’s challenge, and hit it all but once.
I write first thing in the morning, which here in Texas is prime time for doing anything outside as well. This means I neglected a whole bunch of yard and kid related stuff that now needs attention. Still, I’m hoping to keep a little bit of momentum through the rest of the summer.