Writer’s Achievement Diary- 4 June 2017

Mon 29/05/2017 Settled on ages for 2 main male characters Re-order a bunch of scenes between chaps 12-15 Readjusted content of scenes in chap 13 Idea seeds on chaps 16, scene 1 of chap 17 Tue 30/05/2017 20 grids filled for Chan Lok Vague idea for scene 1, chap 16 Wed 31/05/2017 22 grids filledContinue reading “Writer’s Achievement Diary- 4 June 2017”

Writer’s Achievement Diary- 28 May 2017

Mon 22/05/2017 Scene 1, chap 46 done Scene 2, chap 46 outlined very roughly Tue 23/05/2017 Scene 1, chap 47 partially outlined Wed 24/05/2017 Scene 1, chap 47 changed completely Chap 47 done Scene 1, chap 48 done Thu 25/05/2017 Changed ending of scene 1, chap 48 Scene 2, chap 48 Scene 3, chap 48Continue reading “Writer’s Achievement Diary- 28 May 2017”

Writer’s Achievement Diary- 21 May 17

Mon 15/05/2017 1. Finished off scene 2 of Chap 27 2. Figured out main gist of scene 2, chap 28 3. Made decision to relocate another side-plot section 4: Sketched out scene 2 of Chap 28 from scratch Tue 16/05/2017 1. Decided on general shape of events for Chap 29-30 (equivalent of 4 achievements) WedContinue reading “Writer’s Achievement Diary- 21 May 17”

Writer’s Achievement Diary- 14 May 17

Mon 8/05/2017 1. Fleshed out the empathy scene b/w Sin Sin and Lok for potential future incorporation 2. Identified key decision points for the outline as a separate doc Tue 9/05/2017 1. 10 grids filled for Ip Wed 10/05/2017 1. Came up with rough idea on scene 2 of chapter 26 Thu 11/05/2017 1. ComeContinue reading “Writer’s Achievement Diary- 14 May 17”

Writer’s Achievement Diary- 7 May 17

I forgot to mention it last time but I’ve newly added an email subscription option to my blog which is located at the bottom. Finally! Thought I would point this out to my followers. Mon 1/05/2017 Made decision on how to proceed with Chap 26 Tues 2/05/2017 Made decision on how to proceed out ofContinue reading “Writer’s Achievement Diary- 7 May 17”

Writer’s Achievement Diary- 30 April 17

Okay, so I’m starting yet another blog series to document my weekly progress. This time, it’s for a brand new novel series and now I’m just outlining book 1. I want to trial doing more comprehensive outlines which means that I’m considering a multi-round progress and I’m still on round 1. My intention is toContinue reading “Writer’s Achievement Diary- 30 April 17”

Progress Tracker on Thread (5)

Firstly, I’m back! And I thought I should sum this mini-blog series up before I move onto something else. The short is that I finished the first draft for this project on time or at least I said I finished on time. By this, I mean that I skipped over a chunk of the sectionContinue reading “Progress Tracker on Thread (5)”

Progress Tracker on Thread (4)

I went back to the drawing board this week to plan because it just came up that a loose end from previous chapters of Thread surfaced and I thought I should do something to tie it up. I’m not convinced that I resolved but it did give me an opportunity to further my pre-writing forContinue reading “Progress Tracker on Thread (4)”

Progress Tracker on Thread (3)

This week, I ripped into actual writing, with a limit of 300 words per weekday and 500 per weekend day. The broad writing goal for this week was to get scene 1 and 2 finished (there are 7 scenes in total for this chapter and I’ve written the ending scene already way back when itContinue reading “Progress Tracker on Thread (3)”

Progress Tracker on Thread (2)

Again, I finished my set broad goal for this week ahead by one day! Technically I’m still in planning stage (my pre-writing is just blotting out how events occur in the story on a fine level plus notes to myself about key aspects to watch out for) so it’s to be expected but I’m learningContinue reading “Progress Tracker on Thread (2)”