Ready. Set. Write! Check-in!

Good morning, Monday! Time for another update for Ready.Set.Write! This is a super summer writing intensive sponsored by Alison, Katy, Erin, Elodie and Jamie, which helps us writers not to fall into a complete summer laziness. Plus, it's a ton of fun.


Did I meet last week's goals???

- outline WiP - halfway

- rework first 2 chapters that were already written-ish - didn't even glance at them

- finish my garden table and chair refurbishing project so I can use them (has nothing to do with writing? Sure it does when I want to sit with my pencil and pad in the sun)  - halfway

But I don't see myself as a failure. My betas got my MS back to me at super, lightning speed, and since I'm kind of on a tight schedule with that one, I hit the revisions right away and am sending the MS to my 2nd round of betas today. So I consider my goals met but altered.

My goals for this week?

Note: If my next betas are as fast as the last, those revisions will make any other goals void because I need to get this one in my agent's hands soon.

Otherwise,

- finish WIP outline

- rework several chapters

- finish that garden furniture

A favorite line from my story or a phrase/word which sums up what I wrote:

More brainstorming. . .more explanation

The biggest challenge I faced:

Time. Surprise visitors and a finger infection which required out-patient surgery for my daughter ate up tons of time this past week.

Something I love about my MS:

That my kids convinced me to rewrite this once shelved manuscript. I wrote it a few years ago, but it was a mess. Still, my kids never forgot the characters and have insisted I dig it out and redo it. So this is a work of love for them.

How was your writing week?

Ready.Set.Write! Update

Welcome, Monday! I love these Ready.Set.Write! Updates, really keeps me on my toes (or fingers?) This is a super summer writing intensive sponsored by Alison, Katy, Erin, Elodie and Jamie! And it's a ton of fun - everyone is supportive!

How I did on last week’s goals

- MS off to betas - check!

- thoughts rotating on next WiP - check!

- catch-up on reading for reviews - check!

My goal(s) for this week

- outline WiP

- rework first 2 chapters that were already written-ish

- finish my garden table and chair refurbishing project so I can use them (has nothing to do with writing? Sure it does when I want to sit with my pencil and pad in the sun)

A favorite line from my story OR one word/phrase that sums up what I wrote/revised

I'm just going to take the 777 meme as inspiration here since this week was more of a thought rotation week, which isn't just one line, I guess. Please, forgive me. (Daniel is a 12 year old farm boy, who lives with his uncle.)

Daniel swallowed hard, his tongue rubbing over the top of his mouth--an alien tongue. "What's with my parents? They weren't really skydivers, were they? Did they die in a space ship crash? And what about you? Are you even my real uncle or are you some cockroach monster living in a human skin? Am I a cockroach monster in a human skin?" His stomach somersaulted, and he grasped his belly with both hands. "Ugh! I know! There's a monster growing inside of me, and it's about to pop right out of my gut!"

      Uncle Bob scratched his gray hair with grease stained fingers. "You've been watching too many of them movies."

            "I've been watching too many movies?" Daniel gasped for air. "You're the one who just claimed we're aliens!" 

The biggest challenge I faced this week (ex. finding time to write)

- not falling into total relax mode and remembering to think about the next WiP

Something I love about my WiP

- having it in someone else's hands for a bit. It's so Freeing!!!!