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I am hoping to be closer to 700-1K range, because I feel it is a YA book. But I am going to not try to obsess over it, because otherwise, I think, the balance of scenes is good. But, I won’t know it till I am posting.

For me, carving out time to write has always been the issue. I work and lot and stay very busy on my days off. I only have a few things scheduled for today, so if I can carve out time for writing anything -- even a single sentence -- I'll let you know.

For sure! And, i think, pretty much everyone deals with the time crunch in this crazy world.

Getting a good balance of scenes in this piece is really important to me. I know I've underwritten a lot in the past because I didn't want to waste time describing a room or location that was going to be referenced once in the entire piece. Now, I trying to just enjoy my work and the story more

Yes, me too. At some point, I just cut myself some slack, stop doubting and go with it. Like, no, I don’t write hard-core cruel stories about harsh people or realities. Well, there is nothing I can do about it, even if it’s unpopular.

Currently writing a sci-fi short story. 29 pages and 13933 words written.

Started making progress on one of the middle chapters of my comic.

Words: 2K+
Characters: 12K +

Story is an action/adventure, set in a world where there is a human realm and a 'demon' realm. The audience will follow a team of would-be "demon-fighters" (terminology is a little different in the series but this is essentially the concept) who, while assigned as a squad by the State to protect civilians, are not the best suited to work together.

Hmm, you could maybe include that in the break-up. Sometimes if I'm not able to retcon things, I just include the inconsistency in the story.

For instance, in this case, you could have the couple break-up with the Character A saying they want to split/break-up. Character B, being upset/embarrassed about being broken up with, could get defensive and say something to the effect of "Who ever said we were officially dating?!"/"We weren't even together!" which could be used to spring an additional rift/dramatic flair to the event.

Best of luck!

If you're asking us to check in on our writing today, Paoila is upstairs editing a sequel to a client's novel and I'm downstairs diligently creating a screenplay from said client's first novel. Afterwards, time for pho. :smiley:

Good ideas!

So far, the idea I'm playing around with is: A kissed another girl while away from B and A's been keeping a secret for months. A's best friend C accidentally spills the beans to B. B, I'm thinking, kinda shuts down because they didn't date as a teen so they have NO frame of reference on how to handle this type of situation. I do like the idea of a blow-up. It's a good point to spring more character growth.

That's definitely a well rounded bit of conflict as well! Do you have a link to your comic?

It’s more of a daily outcome and to chat about process, but whatever works. You sort of already have a partnership, while a lot of writers tend to be solitary creatures misunderstood or just not having interest of their family. So it helps to chit-chat about what’s up an have some word count accountability.

Oh okay. Daily output. Hmmm. About 1,000 words maybe. Does editing count? If so she just finished about 40 pages so... 40 x 250 word per page average - um... 10,000? So my output is 1/10 of hers.
Well, that's just sad.

I am going to do NaNo this year. I plan on turning my comic into a Novel. If you want a writing buddy for it let me know.

Edit: I'm new to the platform so let me know how to add you if you want to buddy up for writing.

Ah, I am going to check in for today, because I have a lot of reading to fit in this evening, so 1.1K it is for today, finishing at 5.3K. My next chapter look a bit fluffy so I am wondering if I want it or not before writing.

Dual mood today:

The Bad: another bout of the imposter mood. "You already know how to proofread. You need to learn to EDIT. Editing means putting in what the agents want to see. You must take the book you believe in, and edit it till it gets an acceptance."

The Good: I found the way to integrate a really cool clue in the fluffy chapter I am writing today. And just realized it will fit in the dialogue and the themes of the last two chapters as well, which is a big win.

The Bad: but nobody will read it anyway, until you learn to edit...

I feel these moods! Editing, to an extent, isn't bad for me. I've rewritten and revised my stuff a bunch. I like where my characters and series is at now, but I've been reading some of the earlier chapters again and I'm like :anguished: I don't know if it's hot garbage or just me being overly critical of my precious baby pilot story.

*I love it when the random scene you write fits in so perfectly with what you've set up before.