Tag: work-in-progress

The first (OK, actually the first TWO) sentence(s) I wrote today…

“He will be able to answer questions,” the Healer said. “Whether he will answer them is beyond my control.” Words today: 1,440 Total thus far: 16,272 A bit of an annoyance today: I’ve been writing with my Freedom Universal Keyboard 2 (a fold-up Bluetooth keyboard) on my new Blackberry Storm. All well and good, but …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

After several minutes of cleansing her mouth and hair with snow, she regained her composure enough go back under the blue canopy and look up at the surviving passenger of the…flying device. Words today: 3,594 Total words: 14,854 A mixture of brand-new and once-rewritten material today. I spent several hours at it, aided by the …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

Brenna peered out into the snow-filled courtyard as best she could through the thick winding vines of frost-drawn ice covering her bedroom window. Words today: 3,859 Total words: 11,238 I had two good writing sessions today, although the rather high word count is a bit misleading: much of today’s “writing” was little more than retyping …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

Lord Falk schooled his face into a steely, expressionless mask as he strode away from Prince Karl’s chambers. Words today: 2,116 Total words: 7,379 All fresh stuff today; in my first attempt at writing this story I didn’t introduce Lord Falk (don’t get too attached to these names, they may well change) as a viewpoint …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

The moment the door closed behind Lord Falk, Tagaza, with a huge sigh of relief, tugged a cloth-of-gold kerchief from his puffy blue sleeve and mopped his tattooed pate with it. Words today: 2,670 Total words: 5,263 Much of what I’m working on now already exists in a previous draft when I was casting this …

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The first sentence, and the last two words, I wrote today

The first sentence I wrote today: The first thing Richard saw, as he started to climb out, was the towering cloud of dust and smoke to the east, behind the first range of mountains.The last two words I wrote today: THE END Yay! So, here’s the final tally: Total words: 109,298Final batch of words written: …

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The first sentence I wrote yesterday…

The flash came first. Words yesterday: 2,680Total to date: 104,998Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 105.0/87.5 The end is so near I can taste it, but I’m not there yet, and with other things that must be done today, I think it will be tomorrow before I finish. Oh, and I’ve gone over the 500 mark in manuscript …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

The results? Death, destruction, misery on a grand scale.Words today: 2,964Total words: 102,318Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 102.3/85.3. I think I’ve solved my problem of yesterday and, indeed, reached the climax–or at least the start of the climax (and an explosive one it is, too–literally) today. I have also, as you’ll note, achieved my contractually specified word …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

Andy King looked around at the rest of his team: Justin, looking pale and in pain, but composed; Derryl, implacable as always; Annie, mouth drawn into a tight, determined line. Words today: 2,543Total words: 99,353Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 99.4/82.8 Didn’t get my 5,000 today, mainly because I seem to, um, be having some problem reaching my …

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The first sentence I wrote today

(Well, technically, yesterday, since it’s after midnight, but it feels like today): Karl Rasmussen had had just about enough of the fog. Words today: 2,759Total words: 96,812Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 96.8/80.7. Not a bad count, but not enough. I had to write an entertainment story for the Leader Post and tomorrow’s CBC Web column today, then …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

…is back! I’m plugging away hard at Terra Insegura now. I can see the end, off in the middle distance, and hope to reach it this week, do a complete rewrite next (!), and submit it by the beginning of March. Well, that’s my hope. Right now it looks like it’ll probably come out at …

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The first sentence I wrote since the last time I did an update on the first sentence I wrote…

The pool was blessed relief even after just a couple of hours without water in her gills.Words since last update: 2,564Total words: 85,069Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 70.9/85.1 A bit slow these last couple of days for a variety of reasons. I still have some hope of reaching an end of the first draft by the end …

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