a promise made publicly
Aug. 17th, 2011 10:43 pma lightning-fast post
declaring this publicly. (I need imperial Roman Capitals for this, but sans-serif will do on DW for me, I guess, for now ;)
I HAVE STARTED A MANUSCRIPT INVOLVING DRAGONS & COURIERS AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT 60,000 by SEPTEMBER 30, 2011, AND I SHALL WRITE DAILY.
There. Feel free to bug me upon the subject. I'm hoping public humiliation of forcing myself to admit I failed, oh horrors will be motivation for that dragging middle bit.
declaring this publicly. (I need imperial Roman Capitals for this, but sans-serif will do on DW for me, I guess, for now ;)
I HAVE STARTED A MANUSCRIPT INVOLVING DRAGONS & COURIERS AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT 60,000 by SEPTEMBER 30, 2011, AND I SHALL WRITE DAILY.
There. Feel free to bug me upon the subject. I'm hoping public humiliation of forcing myself to admit I failed, oh horrors will be motivation for that dragging middle bit.
A good promise
Date: Aug. 18th, 2011 05:13 am (UTC)The last time I finished a novel-length manuscript (still stuck at first draft, more or less, gathering the proverbial dust in a drawer), I made a similar promise on LJ, then made sure I also posted a daily and cumulative word-count.
Whehter you do that or not, I wish you luck and would be very interested in seeing the results.
Re: A good promise
Date: Aug. 19th, 2011 12:34 am (UTC)And, assuming the plot doesn't take a strange turn at some point in the writing (maybe not zombies but you never know), sure!
Re: A good promise
Date: Aug. 19th, 2011 12:49 am (UTC)Adventure and growth ensue. Nothing too original, but something I'd hoped would please (in particular) my then 16-year-old niece who had discovered the joys of Doctor Who.
Some of it I thought was very good, other bits, not so much. Now my niece is about to turn 21 and I don't know if I'll ever bother going back to it.
But as you said, "you never know", and some of those bits were pretty good, damn it!
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Date: Aug. 18th, 2011 08:15 am (UTC)Also I downloaded ommwriter to help with productivity. Hurm.
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Date: Aug. 19th, 2011 12:36 am (UTC)♥! for the editing offer.
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Date: Aug. 18th, 2011 12:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Aug. 19th, 2011 12:37 am (UTC)