Day 2: Problem #1
April 2, 2001
7:12 a.m.
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1,000 words.:  Despite starting a but later than planned, I had a nice little morning. Of the thousand words, I would say some 750 were "new" creation, the rest were bits of "old stuff" that I added back in, and then mashed around a bit. One of the problems I ran into in the first attempt was that there is a good deal of character interaction going on in the early stages of the book, and I was never able to get fully into things so the characters were coming out flat (in my opinion--which I suppose you'll have to take, since I'm the only one reading what I've written at this point!). So I've really tried to focus myself here yesterday and today. I've done a good bit of detailed thinking about feelings and about perspectives, and all that stuff. I feel closer to the three main characters than I did before, though I'll admit I still need depth in a few places. So, I've got work to do there. The proof will be more evident one way or the other by the end of the week, I suppose. If, by then, I feel in tune with the characters, then I know I'll be fine. If I'm still struggling, then I've probably got a real problem. Of course, I've yet to hit the parts of the story where I felt I had even bigger issues--those being large worldview/political wheeling and dealing of governments and other various factions. I'm hoping the outlining work I did in the week prior to starting this will hold up. And I think it will. But you never know until you get there, eh? Stay tuned, eh? Same bat channel. Same bat time.     Suppose you're this creative on your taxes, too, right? Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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