Hatrack River Writers Workshop: NSG 7/16

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Posted by WBSchmidt (Member # 8533) on :

Welcome to this week's Novel Support Group (NSG). Anyone can join. If you're new, tell us a bit about who you are and what project you are working on. Although we can report on any number of things, here is a list of suggestions (suggestions welcomed).

What were your goals last week and did you accomplish them?
Describe what you worked on.
Set goals for next week.
Did you learn something during this week?

Here is a list of things that you can do each week as we work on our novels (suggestions welcomed).

Writing on a novel
Characterization
World Building
Relevant research

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Last Week's Goals

I did not write any scenes last week. I didn't even think about it this time. That's fine because I have been working on my outline. Currently I have one major plot and three subplots that I'm outlining. I have the main one filled out fairly well as well as one of the subplots.

The next two subplots will be a little more difficult since they are newer. In addition, I think I may want to add a new character to help with a new ending that I want. I will need to add another subplot for that character, which ties up the new ending. I like this new setup better than what I had before.

My goals for next week:

Write scenes
Outlining

This week I want to try to get one of the other subplots completed. Since they are newer I do not have as many ideas for them. I may need to spread each subplot across multiple weeks.

What did I learn this week?

Not much to say here this week.

--William

Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :

Last Week's Goals:

DREAMER'S ROSE: Work on chapter exchange revisions as they come.
Yes.

THE SHAMAN'S CURSE: Let it rest before trying to cut some more.
Easy goal.

THE IGNORED PROPHECY: Continue chapter exchange for this in FPNA (Future Published Novelists Anonymous).
Yes.

BLOOD WILL TELL: Read through the whole thing and look for places to get deeper/smooth things out. Work on the synopsis for the synopsis challenge.
Yes to both.

MAGE STORM: Get back in the flow. Finish chapter 4.
Nope. I've really got to get my momentum back on this one.

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.
Work on the new short story.

Yes and no.

Next Week's Goals:

DREAMER'S ROSE:
Work on chapter exchange revisions as they come.

THE SHAMAN'S CURSE:
Let it rest before trying to cut some more.

THE IGNORED PROPHECY:
Continue chapter exchange for this in FPNA (Future Published Novelists Anonymous).

BLOOD WILL TELL:
I'll wait on this one to see what comes out of the Synopsis Challenge. Then, start querying again.

MAGE STORM:
Get back in the flow. Finish chapter 4. Since I'm in synopsis mode, last night I wrote a basic synopsis for this. Maybe that'll help get me started again.

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.
Work on the new short story. (Can I even keep calling it "new"?")

[This message has been edited by Meredith (edited July 16, 2010).]

Posted by TamesonYip (Member # 9072) on :

My mom came to town this week, so took a bit of a break to get stuff done. Only thing I did was a quick proofread over my synopsis (cut another hundred words though). So, this week my goals are mostly catchup.

FTG- continue chapter exchange, edit some of the earlier chapters as well
Babylon- continue world building- I am thinking about trying to write a synopsis for this one before I write, see if that helps a little, with the knowledge that anything can change, but I am not quite ready for that.
Other- finish WOTF story, send out rejected story somewhere

Posted by aspirit (Member # 7974) on :

Last Week's Goals and Activities
I didn't set formal goals, but I wanted to determine whether or not the current opening is an acceptable place to start. If I opened to an earlier scene, then the predominant theme would change. After several chats with my husband and a friend, I decided to keep the current opening and continue with drafting.

This Week's Goals
Just write.

Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :

Update:

I did it. I finished Chapter 4 of Mage Storm. Woo hoo, back in the saddle again.

Posted by MAP (Member # 8631) on :

I did better this week, but didn't quite make my goal.

Next week: Write for at least an hour every day.