tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post9117014046343861610..comments2024-02-18T00:24:05.514-08:00Comments on The Zoë-Trope: InCreWriMa WEEK 3: Check InZoë Marriotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-75955575181115213532012-05-18T12:26:07.123-07:002012-05-18T12:26:07.123-07:00Alex: yes, as I do all the time! Keep up the good ...Alex: yes, as I do all the time! Keep up the good work :)Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-38111903292144983332012-05-18T06:20:20.581-07:002012-05-18T06:20:20.581-07:00Woohoo at the victory, Zoe - GO YOU! :)
I haven&#...Woohoo at the victory, Zoe - GO YOU! :)<br /><br />I haven't managed to get any new chapters down but I have been going over what I wrote 4 months ago and adding/taking away/freaking over the badness of them.., you know, as you do ;)Alex @ The Blethering Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693598647865315414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-68186765446221764372012-05-18T02:52:41.251-07:002012-05-18T02:52:41.251-07:00Emily: Eugh, you have my sympathy. Computer proble...Emily: Eugh, you have my sympathy. Computer problems suck the life out of you, don't they? Well done for getting on so well anyway, though!Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-63542591844330739672012-05-18T02:26:57.826-07:002012-05-18T02:26:57.826-07:00I had some exciting computer issues this week, whi...I had some exciting computer issues this week, which meant I wasn't able to keep track of my progress on a daily basis. Tallying it all together now, though (laptop is working again, for the most part, hallelujah), I've done better than last week. Though still not achieved the full total I'd been aiming for. I got 2970 words out of a hoped-for 3500. Och well, not too bad!<br /><br />It's inspiring to see other people working away at their goals even when life gets in the way. Go go go, everybody! We can do it! Or at least part of it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-44590059660070898352012-05-18T00:06:00.915-07:002012-05-18T00:06:00.915-07:00Phoenix: I know that feeling. I'm in massive d...Phoenix: I know that feeling. I'm in massive denial about Katana #2 doing it to me right now. Keep up the good work!<br /><br />Terri: Good strategy. I hope your family emergency eases soon :)<br /><br />Connie: Excellent. Well done, and good luck with next week.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-71306544709393704752012-05-17T18:33:14.342-07:002012-05-17T18:33:14.342-07:00I've been writing away, though not all of it w...I've been writing away, though not all of it will be going into my draft. Still, I've come up with some great ideas during freewriting that will definitely go in and fill some holes in the plot.Connie B. Dowellhttp://www.bookechoes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-60705623527165573162012-05-17T14:37:08.300-07:002012-05-17T14:37:08.300-07:00Due to a family emergency, I only wrote 700 words ...Due to a family emergency, I only wrote 700 words this week, but it was a very nice scene! I'm trying to keep thinking about my story from time to time, in the midst of other stuff going on, to remind myself that I will be getting back to it soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-46769699229679956212012-05-17T14:21:55.687-07:002012-05-17T14:21:55.687-07:00I got a fairly good chunk written, including a cou...I got a fairly good chunk written, including a couple of bits that have been hanging around in my head for a while and now have made it onto the page. I think I'm going to have to adjust my goal from finishing, revising, and typing up the story, to just finishing it and maybe starting the revision. This thing just keeps getting longer on me...Phoenixgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-39388512909602124822012-05-17T11:27:19.596-07:002012-05-17T11:27:19.596-07:00Aimen: No, no! Come back! Schoolwork = v. v. impor...Aimen: No, no! Come back! Schoolwork = v. v. important! There's nothing wrong with dropping your writing to concentrate on that for a bit. I certainly did it often enough :)<br /><br />Helen: That's still more than 50% of what you wanted though. It's nothing to sneeze at!<br /><br />Elyndra: Quite understandable! Whatever was wrong with me came back with a vengeance today and I got nothing done again. Sometimes you just have to admit defeat and give yourself time to get better.<br /><br />Jenni: Well done! And Good Luck for next week too :)<br /><br />Rhia: Soaking up atmosphere is absolutely research. And enjoy your new notebook, too!Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-13313610383302915622012-05-17T10:27:28.326-07:002012-05-17T10:27:28.326-07:00A surprisingly good week for me: having gone from ...A surprisingly good week for me: having gone from a Big Fat Zero last week, I managed not only to block out the difficult chapter, but (thanks to an intervening bout of insomnia)write 4,385 words.<br /><br />I've still some work to do on a section at the end of this chapter, which refuses come at the moment, but I have also checked back on preceeding chapters and the completed following ones for consistency, rewritten some of my earlier descritions in the light of Zoe's advice to me earlier in the week and bought a new notebook.<br /><br />Next week's target will be to tackle the recalcintrant final section and put ithe whole chapter away for a week to mature, before bringing it out again to re-read and revise.<br /><br />While it's maturing I intend to go and lie on a hillside in Shropshire for a day, to (a) soak up a bit of atmosphere (b) persuade myself that a day in the sun counts as research.Rhianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-55575196790702087772012-05-17T09:33:20.271-07:002012-05-17T09:33:20.271-07:00Great going in difficult conditions!
I had anothe...Great going in difficult conditions!<br /><br />I had another poor week thanks to having to revise and sit my end of year exam. But it was a better week than last week 'cos my plan is now complete :) This week I can get bashing words out, I have a couple of people primed to shout at me if I'm not writing so I hope I'll get plenty of words this week.Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937958243812857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-72871050567298073802012-05-17T07:34:24.244-07:002012-05-17T07:34:24.244-07:00Let's see, continuing with my non-creative wri...Let's see, continuing with my non-creative writing I did not meet my goal this week. I think I got a total of three entries typed up but not the five I was aiming for, boo. I know that I'll have to make up for that soon, since I need to create a few for a buffer in a couple of weeks, maybe I'll get to some later today....Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574610749856418971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-86682871892401027832012-05-17T05:11:43.250-07:002012-05-17T05:11:43.250-07:00Hey there, Zoe.
Well, this week was so atrociously...Hey there, Zoe.<br />Well, this week was so atrociously bad for me that in a very pathetic way, I'm actually laughing at it. A little bit. Sort of >.><br />I wrote nothing. Literally. Zero.<br />It's actually really, really awful but I feel like the more I neaten up my school work, the less time I get for anything else. <br />*headdesk*<br />I'm going to go die now.<br />-.-Aimenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413240684414036092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-1395701195541671622012-05-17T04:49:29.626-07:002012-05-17T04:49:29.626-07:00Rachel: Good luck! Well done for plugging away at ...Rachel: Good luck! Well done for plugging away at it, even when it was hard.<br /><br />Rebecca: Oh, excellent. You defeated that target in single combat, and now it is crying and rocking in the corner :)<br /><br />Ruby: I KNOW, right?! Go on and ask some questions about Jace and Clary on the post if you want. Everyone is welcome.<br /><br />Isabel: Well, you're keeping your writing muscle flexed. Hopefully when that spark of life and excitement comes along you'll be poised to grab it and run with it.<br /><br />Whispering: Yay for end of uni! Congratulations. Sometimes I get like that when I've just finished something (like a book draft). Last year I spent about three or four weeks watching CASTLE and reading every romance novel I could get my hands on. Your brain just needs food sometimes, and sometimes the food it needs is of the cake and icecream variety. Good luck for next week.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-54551434658862670122012-05-17T04:39:13.971-07:002012-05-17T04:39:13.971-07:00Hey Zoe! Congrats on beating your target :) Unfort...Hey Zoe! Congrats on beating your target :) Unfortunatly my week hasnt been so productive, got 1000 words out over the weekend - Monday and Tuesday were dominated by uni (which I am now offically finished with! yay!) and since then I've been working my way through Supernatural and have written/done nothing! lol. Hopefully this next week I'll get more done though. Good luck to the rest of you :)whispering wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817741839344053531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-4147056488002038722012-05-17T03:42:11.035-07:002012-05-17T03:42:11.035-07:00Yay, good job Zoe! You've made a lot of progre...Yay, good job Zoe! You've made a lot of progress. This week was all right for me - on Friday I wasn't able to write because I was on a retreat with my grade, but Monday and Wednesday I also didn't, and the days I did I wrote very little (although I think it's better to squeeze in a few sentences than nothing at all). I don't think my progress was amazing, but hopefully next week will be better.Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342147057396470743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-31034809997147007552012-05-17T03:20:37.927-07:002012-05-17T03:20:37.927-07:00Your.Meeting. Cassandra Clare? *SDFKJHDSKJHSLADA!!...Your.Meeting. Cassandra Clare? *SDFKJHDSKJHSLADA!!!* OHMYGOODNESS! LUCKY! I think i would actually DIE if i met her.. Good job with getting your goal! I, on theother hand, didn't quite make it. I got 2 chapters outlined instead of 4, so it was a slow week. Oh well! I'm still happy with what i achieved :)Ruby97https://www.blogger.com/profile/17602565167231021616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-23085950596782805142012-05-17T02:42:44.370-07:002012-05-17T02:42:44.370-07:00Congrats Zoe, that's great! :)
This week I di...Congrats Zoe, that's great! :)<br /><br />This week I did so much better than I thought I was going to do :D<br /><br />Originally I started off with a goal of 16 pages a week.<br />Then I reduced it to 12 pages.<br /><br />And this week I managed to write 31 pages *happy dance, happy dance.*Rebecca Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971640548147042108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-37448141873616687752012-05-17T02:12:02.124-07:002012-05-17T02:12:02.124-07:00My notebook target is going well; I'm managing...My notebook target is going well; I'm managing to write in it every day (the next morning counts sshh). It's my actual writing on my current WIP that's the problem, mostly because in order to write that I have to actually sit in front of a computer and have some free time, which is not going well. I can barely write anything at the weekends for a start. I've actually only written once this week, and even though I wrote a sizeable chunk I'm still disappointed with myself. I thought I could write bits of my WIP in my notebook and type them up when I've got the time, but apparently my notebook doesn't want to be for slogging, it's a 'sparks of inspiration only' space.<br /><br />Today I am making a chocolate cake for the first time EVER because it's my brother's birthday and I don't have college. Wish me luck! And hopefully I'll get some writing done this afternoon!Rachel Balcombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06258095982850941279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-79220901008937218972012-05-17T02:04:45.693-07:002012-05-17T02:04:45.693-07:00Amy: I still can't believe my own bad timing, ...Amy: I still can't believe my own bad timing, picking the month when EVERYONE has exams. No wonder you had a panic attack. But good for you; you still managed to get a little bit down, and a little bit is 100 times better than nothing.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-83388248491606979232012-05-17T01:59:28.216-07:002012-05-17T01:59:28.216-07:00Well done Zoë, that's great!! :)
This week has...Well done Zoë, that's great!! :)<br />This week has been pretty terrible for me, I've only written half a page. I had a complete panic attack on Monday and have felt awful ever since, and then exams just about finished me off -.- But half a page is STILL better than nothing and I refuse to give up!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311936206951108530noreply@blogger.com