Alpennia Writing Retreat: Day 9

[hrj]

Sat. Dec 19: Chapter 23 (Barbara) and 24 (Luzie) (clean-up only)
Sun. Dec 20: Chapter 25 (Jeanne) 827 words, needs more outline
Mon. Dec 21: Chapter 26 (Serafina) needs more outlining, particularly adding in political stuff
Tue. Dec 22: Chapter 27 (Margerit) has outline but needs to be updated for other changes
Wed. Dec 23: Chapter 28 (Luzie) solidly outlined
Thu. Dec 24: Chapter 29 (Barbara) outline is full but a bit of a mess, needs updating
Fri. Dec 25: Chapter 30 (Serafina) solidly outlined but needs updating
Sat. Dec 26: Chapter 31 (Margerit) solidly outlined but needs updating
Sun. Dec 27: Chapter 32 (Luzie) solidly outlined but needs updating -- and done!

Comments

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (Still a while before it's ready for beta, but reserve me a space in Feb or March.)

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

March/April is perfect, that's Easter break!

[affreca.livejournal.com]

Congrats and good job!

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm feeling a bit insufferably pleased with myself at the moment.

[affreca.livejournal.com]

As you should be.

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

You pretty much made a plan and stuck to it; I admire you greatly for it. Also, yay for having finished book, which is always a nice thing.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Yes, I find that the "manageable bites" in combination with "only this much and then take a break" works fairly well for me.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It felt like quite a marathon.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Finishing a book in first draft always feels like a marathon.

(Weirdly, my experience is that redrafts are never quite as daunting, even if you have to hacksaw the last 50% off the book and rewrite it from scratch. YMMV, obviously, but I think it's something to do with seeing the work take form as a whole for the first time, even if it needs a bit more polishing. Once you've seen it as even an imperfect thing, you can at least believe that it's possible ...)

[hrj.livejournal.com]

That's the phenomenon I call "making the clay". As in, "If you want to throw a pot, first you have to make the clay."

[kyrademon.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! Congratulations!

(And very much looking forward to it.)