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Inspiration

Writing Update Scenes Arranged: 5Total Scenes: 83 I made some progress yesterday but I have a few more scenes to put together to finish this “item” on the second eighth’s list. There are 7 more items after that. I’ve gotta start stringing them...

Detecting Structure

Writing Update Scenes Re-Arranged: 2New Scenes Arranged: 12Total Scenes: 78 Yesterday was a great day for scene arrangement. With the scene I had composed over the weekend, I was able to bang out a ton of scenes that brought a new character into the group. I’m...

Defining Success

Writing Update Scenes Arranged: 10Total Scenes: 54 Apparently I miscounted somewhere because 39 + 10 is not 54. Still, this is great for me. I’ve gotten through the Inciting Incident and am, thus, one eighth through the outline. That means I’ll probably...

Javelin Throwing

Writing Update Scenes Arranged: 6Total Scenes: 39 I’m officially in the Inciting Incident, 3/4 of the way through it, in fact. I’ve got what happened and the reaction to it. Now I just need my distant second storyline to have its moment and I’ll be...

Working Hard

Writing Update Scenes Arranged: 0Total Scenes: 33It wasn’t a fruitless night, though! As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve made it to the Inciting Incident, the Match for my story. At major moments in the story (about every eighth of the book), I want to weave...