Story Hunter

Almost another month since I posted...but I have posted a couple of poems on write_away for critique in that time so it's not a total loss.

*slaps self on back on hand*

Must try harder! :-)

I'm blaming Christmas & moving house for my lack of posts & complete lack of writing for the last two months.

So now I'm starting afresh. I have started work on Hunter's Daughter again, and I'm almost at the end of the planning stage - should soon be starting to get some words down on the page. I also have a couple of short story ideas that I'd like to have a play with, so might give them a bash as well.

*puts productive-writing-head on and wanders off to find a pen*

So, only one thing written this week, but I have a good excuse - we're moving house :-)

The Pursuit of Happiness (beginnings 61) - 319 words

I've started using the beginnings prompts to explore characters and scenes from Hunter's Daughter - I'm not quite ready to plunge into the first draft yet, but I wanted to get to know them a bit and try to find their voices.

319 words for beginnings Challenge 61 - "What do you want, a happy ending?"

Again, these characters are taken from Hunter's Daughter (the story I'm planning).

( The Pursuit of Happiness )

Patchwork Morsels project:
Mar segment - 401 words
Cold Hands segments x2 - 519 & 542 words
Therapy segment - 506

The Face in the Mirror (beginnings) - 388 words

Stargazing (Poem)

Little bit more planning, too (and the working title, for those who may be interested, is Hunter's Daughter). More will be posted about this project soon :-)

For challenge 60 - Am I talking to a brick wall?

388 words

( The Face in the Mirror )

...and a poor week for writing too :-/

Written last week -

Patchwork Morsels project:
Listening segment - 404 words
The Great Soul Train Robbery segment - 523 words
Story Seeds segment - 479 words

And that's it!

I did do a reasonable amount of planning though, it must be said.

Written last week -

Patchwork Morsels project:
Story Seeds segment - 626 words
Tiend segment - 421 words
The Fires of Highwater segment - 548 words

Hidden Treasure (beginnings challenge 59) - 498 words

Meant to get a couple of other things written but had a busy weekend...did do a bit more planning though

498 words for beginnings challenge 59

( Hidden Treasure )

Patchwork Morsels project:
Paper Doors segment - 399 words
The Fires of Highwater segment - 376 words
A Death in the Family segment - 656 words
Therapy in 15 lyrics segment - 494 words

My Love Comes By Night (beginnings challenge 58) - 324 words

...and a bit more planning

324 words for beginnings challenge 58 - It was love at first sight.

( My Love Comes By Night )

Writing this week:

Dark & Stormy Night challenge (beginnings) - 390 words
Section of Mar (Patchwork Morsels) - 381 words
Poem (currently untitled)

Plus some planning on The Big Project.

Not hugely productive, but not a bad start I guess.

So, it's the 1st of November.

From the first time I heard about NaNoWriMo a couple of years ago, I've always fancied giving it a go, but lacked the time, or the motivation, or just the ability to push myself to write a given number of words every day. Fear of failure and simple laziness have prevented me from even making the attempt.

This year however, coinciding nicely with my decision to try and write more, I have been offered an alternative: a collaborative project, where a group of writers work together to create a number of short stories a segment at a time. We are vaguely aiming to hit the elusive 50,000 words by the end of the month, but it's sort of a sideline to actually producing the stories, and seeing where they end up.

I'm rather looking forward to it. And you never know, if it goes well I might try the real thing next year... ;-)

390 words for beginnings Challenge 57: It was a dark and stormy night.

( Untitled )

So, somehow feels a bit pointless posting when I know no-one's reading this yet, but I have to start somewhere so here goes:

As it says in the user info, I want to use this journal to motivate myself to write. This will involve posting updates on planning, writing, word counts, problems etc. I'm also planning to join various writing communities  to help with the motivation, inspiration & critiquing aspects, and hopefully meet some other like-minded people along the way!

That's pretty much it for now...more later when I've put some thoughts together about my current project.