Ready. Set. WRITE! is a summer writing intensive hosted by Jaime Morrow, Erin Funk, Katy Upperman, and Alison Miller. Every Monday we post our progress toward the goals we made at the beginning. Here's my update for the week!
How I did on last week’s goals
I revised the chapters I wanted to (even though it meant
staying up late!) and finished the epilogue to the best of my ability (I’m
awful with endings, so it’s probably going to change twenty times).
My goals for this week
-Revise TNW chapters 15 and 16 (the last of my partial
draft)
-Start second read-through of TNW and begin implementing some
of the ideas/changes I made notes on during read-through #1.
-Write a scene (or short story?) to flesh out my newest
story idea. Over the weekend I had a major writer brain-blast (Jimmy Neutron
style!) and a mother/daughter pair of characters popped into my head, demanding
I write their story. Um…guess I can’t deny them? ;)
A favorite line from my story OR one
word/phrase that sums up what I wrote/revised
Sisterly loyalty. My narrator and her older sister
have been growing apart in the section I’m revising, and I just got to a scene
where they snap back together so strongly, it was magnetic. The unwavering
loyalty these two girls have to each other in the lowest of times makes me
proud. <3
The biggest challenge I faced this week
I kept saying to myself, “I’m almost done with this
scene/these revisions…isn’t that close enough?” It was tough saying to myself, “NO!
Finish it!” but I did it…at 11pm last night…
Something I love about my WiP
My newest story idea is a mother/daughter story. I love few
things more than a good mother/daughter story. <3
First off, congrats on meeting last week's goals! And as for endings, I'm total crap at them too, so I feel your pain lol. As for your Sisterly Loyalty summary, I love that whole coming back together thing after separation, whether it's a physical or emotional separation. I love reading these kinds of scenes and writing them too! Good luck this week, Kaitlin! :D
ReplyDeleteI can see it now, when working with the new mother/daughter characters. "Oh, well ... if you insist. Of course I'll tell your story, too!"
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a good week. And that you found an ending, even if it needs to be tweaked in the future.
I'm also not great with endings so just finishing one is a win. You can always revise later! Way to go on sticking to your goals too.
ReplyDeleteI love mother/daughter stories too! Good luck w/this week!
ReplyDeleteI love strong mama/daughter relationships in stories. My last ms had very interesting twist on one. SO fun to write. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd yay for revision progress! Hope you have another great week!
Oh, I want details about this mother/daughter story idea!!
ReplyDeleteI am having a mother-daughter epiphany as well, but one of them is flawed and I haven't decided which one and why. Sigh. So many ideas, so little time! Have a great week!
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