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Writing Blog

by Sil

Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #1821477

My thoughts on writing and other random things as they come up.

This is a blog where I keep my thoughts and daily comments about writing and WDC.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Satuawany

Mar 28, 2019 at 5:40pm
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I really like his paragraph at the end, talking about it, too!

Satuawany

Mar 28, 2019 at 5:33pm
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Just lovely! Kinda sideways, but it reminded me of my old Buick that I inherited when my grandfather passed away. No gloves, but little remnants of his pipe tobacco everywhere. Completely different sentiment, I know, but the poem still too me there while it was also bringing me along with the poet. I love it when reading poetry is like that!

eyestar~*

Mar 27, 2019 at 6:50am
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Wonderful poem. And I hear you about WORK and time. Whew! we are alomost there though!

Satuawany

Mar 24, 2019 at 4:10am
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I love the line, "where his growth scared him."

I'm also glad to be introduced to more female poets. I feel like I'm not familiar with enough of them.

Rhyssa

Mar 20, 2019 at 2:00pm
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I love her, too.

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Satuawany

Mar 17, 2019 at 9:49am
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I stumbled on the same line. For me, it's because it wasn't the same voice as what I'd perceived up to that point.

Gorgeous poem, though.

I am loving this activity for getting me to articulate why the poems that stick with me do stick with me, but I'm not experiencing any surprises in my personal preferences...yet.

Satuawany

Mar 15, 2019 at 11:46pm
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Oh, gorgeous! Thank you for introducing me to this poem! I'm marking it to read again and again later.

Satuawany

Mar 15, 2019 at 11:39pm
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I love where the first line breaks off, as well as, "playing music with words." I bet she was an inspiring teacher.

Elle - on hiatus

Mar 12, 2019 at 8:54pm
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Wow, what a unique poem. Thanks for sharing!

Satuawany

Mar 11, 2019 at 1:16am
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Oh, I love this poem. Thank you for introducing me to it, and for your personal perspective. I relate to your under- or over-reacting. And to the poet's depiction of the latter.

November 15, 2014 at 8:50am

#834093

Checking in from Nanowrimo Land

25,013. I might write a little more today, I'm feeling compelled. And also a little freaked out. I'm half way through the book and drawing closer to the climax (planned for about 38-40k words).

That doesn't seem like enough time for me to flesh out everything that needs to be fleshed out before then - but I'm determined to get the structure right this time. My goal this year is to finish a story in 50k words. Novel? Maybe not - but at least I will have the structure down, instead of a barely tacked together series of scenes that bare little relationship to each other.

I want rising action. I want a solid narrative arc. Inciting incident, climax, turning points. All the things I resisted when I first started writing three years ago. Let's see what happens when I do it right. Words that used to terrify me now make me kind of happy.

*LOL*

Some days I feel like it's sagging, some days I feel like it's rocketing along too quickly. But I guess that is what second drafts are for ... Here's to the half way day. *cheers everyone on*

And no matter where you are in your word count - remember one thing. Any words are better than no words. Even if it is just one word, you are ahead of where you were before. Plod on - one finger, one character, one word at a time.

WRITE ON!

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