10/31/11

Finished read through

Planning/Plotting finished for the rewrite-fest

10/30/11

Worked on plotting/outlining new ending chapters

Re-read draft/planned revisions up through chapter 25

Prepared an attack plan beginning November 1....hopefully to be complete by the 21, a randomly determined date by outside forces.

Tomorrow, anniversary fun for me!

November 1 - the gauntlet begins.

10/29/11

More life stuff

1. Work shift
2. Pulled up all the carpet staples = yeehaw!
3. Uploaded new "draft" to read to prepare for NaNoRevisionMo, which unfortunately could easily result on 50K new words....SIGH
4. Started reading....tick....tock....tick....

10/28/11

Life Day

1. Work shift
2. Pulled out remaining carpet in the library
3. Discussed moving the washer and dryer upstairs
4. Chilled with Mom and Dad after house renovation activities

10/27/11

7:15-8:50 Breakfast, blog browsing, Vampire Diaries watching...hunkering down to work on a dreary rain-infested day...

9:00 -6:00 What felt like the longest work shift in the world...

6:00-7:40 General time wasting from brain deadness/Supper

7:45-9:45 Deletions, not so much revisions

• Finished removing the "unnecessaries" from the end of the book
• Finished removing the dead chick's parts
• Down to 43K....lookin at diggin myself out of a word count hole

10/26/11

8:18-8:52 Walk with pugs

8:59-10:48 Work/Laundry/Dishes

10:50 Retreat to "prepared writer space" in library to avoid distractions....furry and otherwise.

10:50-12:25 Revised two chapters. Watched word count dwindle.

12:25-1:00 Showered/ate lunch

1:00-6:05 Work shift

6:05-6:15 Tried to rake leaves. Wind said no.

6:15-6:30 Took puglets to the parklet.

6:30-6:50 Dinner

6:50-9:05 Deletions and Revisions

• Removed three characters who were ultimately pointless
• Deleted 3-4 chapters that are unnecessary now that another character will die at the mid-point
• Revised three more chapters
• Started with 67K, ended with 51K...thinking it will be NaNoRe-WriteMo this November
• Laughed my butt off at my own nasty notes - "This is DUMB, cut it!"

9:15 Done for the day....must think and re-group for next cluster of revisions.

10/25/11

Migraine. Nothing accomplished writing-wise.

Finished all seasons of being human, so that won't distract me tomorrow.

Blurg....head pain....blurg.

10/24/11

Editted and revised two chapters.

Watched way too much being human.

Vowed to do better tomorrow.