Day 29 (Team July)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm about to go to bed and as there isn't a post for today yet, I thought I'd better put one up. So here's today's prompt for your writing updates and for any extracts, thoughts, or comments you might have.

Comments

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I wrote 176 words today but I want to add a lot more before I post an excerpt. This is the beginning of the horror scene (my first) and I want to get it right. I should be able to have a good go at it in my lunch hour tomorrow.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Good luck with that, I know it will be excellent!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, and good luck with the rest.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the scene!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the progress and good luck!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Good luck -- I'm sure you can do it!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Heirs and Graces

Phase 3 -- July's writing:



Let's try another new target for the final three days. I may write more later, but this is where I got to so far. Consolata and Edward have been debating what to do next:

"Rupert needs a father. One who will present, not one who just sends him money."

"I agree." That was what he'd been working towards for the past three years. "It just might take a little more time than I'd anticipated."

"How long?"

The front door opened and then closed.

"Let's discuss that later. Isn't it time I said hello to my son?"

Consolata got to her feet, and rather grudgingly ushered in the new arrivals.

"Hello, Rupert." Standing, Edward forced down an unaccountable wave of panic. Rupert had no way of remembering his father from before, but he had no reason to reject him either.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

I had been wondering how much time had passed since Consolata moved to North America. So Rupert is about three and a half now?

I like Edward's thinking, very balanced.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Good to hear Edward wants to do the right thing.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

It sounds like Edward needs to start actually consulting Consolata about the plans he is making.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Edward finally seems to be trying to have a more open relationship with Consolata.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Something tells me Edward's good intentions aren't going to be quite enough... too many secrets.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Writing, cutting out, writing a bit more, deciding it's in the wrong direction or for later. And so it goes. Tiny snippet -

***

“Mycroft hasn’t explored this already?”

“He’s a social scientist. He found how it could be used interesting. I wanted to know what it was, what were its origins, its mechanisms.”

***

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

An interesting distinction. What kind of social scientist is Mycroft anyway?

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

I also like the distinction there.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Editing is tough work. Keep going!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Very Sherlock in the way he makes the distinctions there!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Interesting distinction between the two brothers. This is all very intriguing!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

So do I! I'd love to read the whole thing.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

A huge topic in an of itself, exploring the differences between Sherlock and Mycroft--I like the distinction you made here.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Drat, I forgot to post? Sorry about that. I thought I had made it last night in advance, but apparently, I hadn't. Well, since I'm here already...

Torchwood excerpt:

Jack always loved watching the nanogenes in action. Loved as the tiny machines swarmed around a damaged human body like a cloud of sunlit dust particles, entered it and then left it again, after they’d repaired the damage, dutifully returning to their stasis tube. They were like small sparks, tamed to his hand. Like a healing spell from some fairy tale taking physical form.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

What lovely description. Very poetic.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Oh, the nanogenes!

Third Draft

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

After a cursory attempt to tidy up and submit a few stories and even a half-intention of writing a new one, I bit the bullet and realised nothing further would be done till I finished White Feathers.

I have decided that the second draft ended up way too long to make one novel and have chosen the point of the split. I have some trepidations about how much I can cut but I am going to make a start. There will be profuse and regular use of the Delete key in the next few weeks.

I realise that Pico is winding down but this is as much a declaration of intent as anything else.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Good luck with that.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

~1000 words on the Firiel story yesterday, and a lot of editing on the npt pinch hits over the last two days, so my brain is too dead to tidy up and post a snippet. I'm hoping that I have finished writing for npt now and can then settle down and try to sort through the Firiel story and see where it is all at - I know there are a lot of bits that still need to be written and a lot of research to do... but hopefully I'll be able to continue to make progress with it, even after pico...

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Excellent progress on the 1000 words and the editing! Yes, for sure, you will continue to make progress even after pico. We will have developed such good, regular habits, it's bound to carry on. :-D