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Thank you, I honestly thought 80k would be at the colony dedication (still to come) and my story would be close to the end at this point.
Lt. Ranger is Leonard, Julianne's husband. Currently the Flight Wing Commander of the Command Pod-ships.
Henry is the governmental head of the Civilian wing and is supposed to be acting as the government oversight contingent on the military.
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8/17/2017, 12:14 pm
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So far today I have added 61 words to my story. I know what the final sabotage is!
TABA word count total thus far: 80,062
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8/17/2017, 7:22 pm
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Wohoooooo! Yay for the 80k, that's awesome.
Oh, I think I was confusing Henry, the head of the Civilian wing with Henry, the kid who jumped from a mountain.
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8/18/2017, 6:58 am
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Rick, I'm setting up a kind of landing page on my Writers' Dream Coach site, and I'm looking for testimonials from people who I have supported.
Would you mind writing up a little thing for me?
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8/18/2017, 2:01 pm
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Pastor Rick
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This morning I wrote another 188 words on my story before going to work.
Tonight I added another 181 words to my novel giving me a total output of 369 words for the day. All Pod Ships are being scrambled to find and fix the last act of sabotage to the PLS Exodus the bad guys completed before it is too late!
TABA word count total thus far: 80,431
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Yay, well done.
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8/19/2017, 8:31 am
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This morning wasn't very productive. I managed to add only 72 words to the book. I hope tonight will be better.
Tonight I was able to add 219 words to the story for a daily output of 291 words.
TABA word count total thus far: 80,722
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8/20/2017, 5:18 am
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I discovered why my mind wasn't letting me move on today and fixed it (see my "Contemplations post.")
I was able to add another 176 words to the story before bedtime.
TABA word count total thus far: 80,898
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8/21/2017, 4:07 am
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Awesome!
I did the print formatting for a short story I utterly love ("Borderline"), and then realized I can't publish it until December.
Waaaaaaah!
(It's no longer documented anywhere, but I gave BHC the rights to my story for 2 years. It was published in their "Winter Romance" anthology, which is rather terrible. Still, I want to honor that agreement, even if they added an audiobook version without asking for my consent.)
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8/21/2017, 7:43 am
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This morning I added 282 words to my story. Mona found the first of two sabotages to the ships MHD5 drive system. Tonight Derrick is going to find the second one.
I added another 70 words to my story tonight for a daily output of 352 words.
TABA word count total thus far: 81,250
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8/21/2017, 3:34 pm
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Very nice.
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8/22/2017, 6:55 am
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I am happy to hear the progress you made in formatting your story.
This morning I made some minor revisions to yesterdays writing and included a victory celebration promise on my story. Those added up to 83 words added to the tale.
TABA word count total thus far: 81,333
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8/22/2017, 3:19 pm
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Yay for writing more!
Doesn't matter if it's just 83 words.
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8/23/2017, 7:00 am
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My ship is in orbit. I decided to put the ship in a semi-synchronous orbit so that after 24 hours they will have a complete map of the planet to work from in their planning. So as not to confuse the reader I am calling this orbit a "mapping orbit" which explains things without being technical about it.
Words added today: 100
TABA word count total thus far: 81,433
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8/24/2017, 3:27 am
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I like "mapping"orbit. That will certainly not be a synchronous orbit.
Yay for reaching that point.
In a FB post, Hugh Howey called for people to send him snippets and paragraphs he will edit (he's writing a book about editing). I sent him part of the first contact scene from Dragon Prey. *is excited* I hope he will actually read it. (And like it! Ahem.)
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8/24/2017, 8:07 am
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I didn't do much writing today. Instead, I worked on Java's eco-system looking for some unique, and sometimes scary alternatives to life as we know it to be on Earth. I did add another 144 words to the story before going to bed.
TABA word count total thus far: 81,577
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8/25/2017, 3:44 am
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That's awesome plotting! And yay for writing a little anyway.
I think Hugh never looked at my snippet. He already published his post on editing...
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8/25/2017, 7:13 am
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Five words! I don't believe it, but for some reason, I only added five words to my story this morning! Admittedly, I did add a new gadget for my ship to use and had to add that item to my "story bible."
I wanted the acronym to spell out LESA, but I could not think of a word that means Interceptor that starts with an "E." Thankfully Paul was able to give me better acronym, and I did add another entry into my story bible.
Tonight was almost as bad, but at least I added another 56 words to the story for a total of 61 words today.
TABA word count total thus far: 81,638
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8/25/2017, 3:46 pm
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Those were good five words! And you wrote more!
And it'll be fun to have LESA on board. Glad Paul could help.
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8/26/2017, 5:47 am
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I had an electrical problem occur at my church which required my presence while the electricians made some emergency repairs. That kept me away from the keyboard for most of the day, but I did manage to add another 101 words to my story.
TABA word count total thus far: 81,739
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8/27/2017, 3:50 am
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Yay for writing anyway!
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8/27/2017, 8:16 am
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A set-up scene crystallized in my mind today which allowed me to add 266 words to the story and will allow me to add more in the morning.
I know there are going to be two of those "set-up scenes" before the Christmas day landing on Java. What a relief it is to understand the way forward to that scene.
TABA word count total thus far: 82,005
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8/28/2017, 4:54 am
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Hurrah! Yes, I totally get that relief once the path forward is clear.
Well done!
I decided to return to an old tactic (used during NaNo), and use a time to write 2x 30 min per day. That is just an hour, and then I can pat myself on the back (figuratively), and be proud of my progress. And in turn, I get real time off.
So I wrote this morning for 30 minutes and got myself out of a corner by bringing in someone else to the scene.
(Planning to do the same for my coaching work. 4x 30 min doesn't feel overwhelming, but I bet the results will be better than always wanting to do things and stressing out about them.)
Now I just need to be accountable...
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8/28/2017, 7:31 am
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I stumbled into that twice daily writing routine without even knowing it!
This morning I added 183 words to my story before going off to work.
TABA word count total thus far: 82,188
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Yay for progress!
Well, it doesn't have to be twice daily. I know people who write for hours every day - and they earn a living from their writing. Even they like to use a timer and take breaks, but they average 3,000-8,000 words a day.
My two writing sessions yesterday resulted in 1,771 words.
This morning, I wrote 819 words in 30 minutes. I type fast.
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8/29/2017, 7:06 am
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I added 204 words to my story this morning and edited my story bible (another 202 words added that I am not counting, officially).
Before bed tonight I wrote another 216 words in my story. Total word count today: 420
TABA word count total thus far: 82,608
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Well done.
I wrote a total of 1656 words yesterday. Today, my morning slot wasn't as successful - I got to chat with my Texan friend, and I treasure those moments. Still, I wrote 350 words, and I will add to them later today.
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8/30/2017, 6:57 am
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I wanted to launch one of the Shuttle Landers' today, but when I read yesterdays post, I was not happy. So I revised over half of that post (237 words) before continuing and adding another 229 words to the story.
TABA word count total thus far: 82,837
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8/31/2017, 3:47 am
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Well done! This solved the problem right away, and you won't have to try to remember what you meant with that cryptic note sometimes next year when you do an editing pass.
I do believe in fixing these things right away.
I wrote about 1100 words yesterday. Difficult day, somehow. But I did 2x 30 min of mostly writing.
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8/31/2017, 8:44 am
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