"Unclogging the Plug..."

Another writing marathon day has come and gone and this particular little aspiring author has gone nuts with things again...
Today was focused on not one, but two scenes that take place in the earlier part of the second half of Untitled #7... Which I should really give another code name for, it's a pain to write that out each time instead of something like "RH" for my short story I wrote back in 2000!! 
Anyway...
Last night saw me write up a scene that was "mostly" 86'ed this morning. I read it and it wasn't working so I tossed most of it. 
However, the flashback part of it was good so I kept that, changed how things lead into it and out of it and went from there... It's the lead-in to what I worked on today as of now.
The two scenes I wrote up today take place right after the three page one I had written up after Hubby came home yesterday... Talk about a bunch of events happening in a short time! Instead of having a fully laid out "plan" for the part I worked on today, I winged it and discovered just how far one could go! It all fits together perfectly... I could see the scenes, the characters in each one, hear exactly what they were saying and even managed to sneak in a few extra things to make the reader go "Okay, what's up with this? Something is NOT right here!" which will get them to keep reading just to find out what happens next!
Yeah, I'm being "coy" in revealing some details about things that happened in the first part of the story and a lot of things that will be revealed to the characters and the reader as the second half of the story progresses. Some things will be subtle (like some of the stuff I was working on today), others will be hitting the reader in the face so hard, they won't know what hit them!
I'm sitting here thinking that removing what was going to be the middle part and going with the "flashbacks" instead was the right way to go for me with this story. It was becoming a literal chore to even try to think of ideas for that part and now that I know for a fact I won't have to work on it like I had been with part 1 and 2, I'm feeling a lot better about the story and I'm feeling a lot more creative! It seemed like I had a plug in the creativity for a while because of that part and now that it's gone, I'm feeling more like writing all of the time and actually want to finish it as soon as I can! I'm feeling more and more confident about the story the more I get written up. Now I may sneak in bits and pieces of what was the MMG file here and there in "flashback mode", etc but it won't be the full freaking file. I did that today, in a conversation between the leading lady and a friend of hers... Some of the dialogue for a part of the MMG file was "right" for a conversation they had and with some tweaking/editing, it was perfect for what I was working on. 
All in all, including the flashback scene, the "steal" from the MMG file and the actual new material I added, today's work is very close to TEN PAGES. Seriously! If I had had more time, I probably would have added a few more to that total, because when the bus came (early with no notification!) I was still ready and raring to write, I had yet another scene starting to focus in the brain! 
I have TWO full days of being by myself left before the summer break and then I'll be writing mostly at night. Son has only two full weeks of school left before he is done, before the last day on the 29th and that's only for an hour or two, long enough to get his report card and tell his friends to have a great vacation. I'm hoping to use those days to the fullest... IF I don't get more writing time during the remainder of the school days that is... Hubby is offering to disappear from about 9 or so until Son gets home and I may take him up on it once or twice... Or more! Heh.
I hope y'all have a wonderful weekend, and I'll post another update when I get more done. Happy Friday everyone! 
~Veridian~

"Cruising... With a Few Twits and Turns"

Once again I find myself woozy while I try to make the transition from "writing mode" to "mother/moderator mode"...
I have been looking at what I've accomplished with my writing this week and it amazes me just how much one can do when one has the right atmosphere, the time and the determination....
In one week, I have written well over a chapter's worth of material, made a huge decision on how the second part of the story is going to go and said decision is going to save me a LOT of fighting with myself and save me from baldness or killing someone!
I managed to get about 8 1/2 to 9 pages worth of new material written up today alone, which is over 4,000 words... It has a lot of dialogue in it but it's still a lot to accomplish in only 5 1/2 hours!
This week's writing totals over 15 pages and over 8,000 words in the main manuscript file. No wonder why I feel as if I've run the gauntlet! I would love to work on it more and will be if I'm up to it later tonight after the guys go to bed. I would love to be able to get moving on an event that is coming up very soon in the latter half of Chapter 14, early on in Chapter 15... It doesn't seem like a huge deal at first but it's a catalyst that will set of a chain of events that the reader will be somewhat expecting but not sure exactly how things will land as the story moves along.
Needless to say, the gap between what I've got in the main manuscript file and where I'll be splicing in the MCEWCA file is getting closer each time I add a new word in. At the moment, I am getting so close to that big splice, I can almost taste it and I'm wanting to write constantly now and transitioning from my "writing mode" into my "mother/moderator" mode is knocking me for a loop so badly that I'm weaving in my chair after I come out of my writing bubble! *THUD*
Eh, I'll be okay... I think! LOL
Anyway, I'll be attacking the story as much as I can over the course of the week and will be posting updates when I get more accomplished.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
~Veridian~

"Jigsaw Puzzles and Tons of Coffee"...

Finally, a full day to work on my writing has come and gone again and I find myself getting closer and closer to finishing draft #1, even though there is still a lot of stuff to add to it at this point. 
I haven't done a lot of writing the last couple of weeks due to March break and both of the guys being around a lot, but I was still working on things for Untitled #7, stuff I can easily do while the guys were watching TV, when my son was drumming or if my husband was talking. I've been doing research on a lot of the towns, etc that I will be mentioning in the story and I've also driven around to different spots like Lunenburg and Liverpool, getting pictures and gathering as much information that I can for adding to Untitled #7. Anyone who has my main profile on their Facebook friends list can see pics of places like Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Blue Rocks, etc and those are the same pictures I am using as references to describe those towns, etc. I do have more "information gathering" trips planned for the future and will be updating y'all on those as time goes on.
Today was pretty productive. Since I hadn't had a lot of chances for rereads, etc, I reread the entire main manuscript file from start to finish, making changes/editing things here and there and adding things in to spots that needed a little more while taking some things out that wasn't relevant to the story itself.
I am now in the final stages of closing that gap between where the Main manuscript links up with the MMLTG file, and although I did kind of jump the gun again and spliced it in already, I caught it right away and am now filling in that gap with a few things that are very relevant to how the story progresses.
After I am finished that, and I hope to be sometime tonight or over the weekend, I will be editing what was the MMLTG file to "fit" how the story has progressed to that point in the main manuscript file. The way I write is something like a jigsaw puzzle... I write up different parts and "put" them together, making sure everything flows smoothly between each part and making sure everything lines up with what has gone down before each part as well as what comes afterwards in the storyline. Sometimes it's a hard thing to do but most of the time, this way of writing works for me... I find I get very confused and frustrated if I try writing something from start to finish and will lose ideas for scenes if I don't write them up when I think of them!
I'm not sure on today's word count... I had added so much stuff in, taken a lot out and have switched so many things around that it is almost impossible to find out. I do know it's well up over 2000 words, if not closer to 3000, and that's the stuff that was added AFTER I had made some changes, did some editing, etc!!! I do know the page count jumped from about 45, 46 pages to close to 70 with the new material and the MMLTG file added in (even though it was too early to do that yet! *grumble!!*)
Productive day or what? I'm going to try to stay up late and see if I can wrap up closing that blasted gap and finally get to where the MMLTG file is SUPPOSED to go in the main manuscript. I want this DONE before the weekend is over, so I'm ready for the next full day writing marathon, and so I can edit the MMLTG file to fit the story perfectly!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
~Veridian~