Picowrimo - Day 1

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

At twenty past midnight local time!

Greetings all. You know what to do. You know where to do it. Go! :)

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[azdak.livejournal.com]

Right, well it looks like I'm first, thanks to being in a time zone an hour ahead of the Brits and the Irish, so here we go.

I have realised, looking back over past Picos, that the ones I most enjoyed and which were most productive, were the ambitious ones when I set myself a goal of being really disciplined about writing, rather than the ones where I was gentle on myself and set a low word count. So this year I shall aim for a 1,000 words a day on The Never-Ending Story Music II (with the caveat that the word count is whatever I've got up on my screen at the end of the session - so rewriting absolutely counts, as do any new words interpolated during edits).

I don't plan to focus too much on quality at this stage. I think I've been working on this for as long as ideealisme has on White Feathers and her progress on that puts me to shame. I want to get a first draft in place, dammit, and if that means leaving in the rough edges while the plot works itself out, so be it.

In case anyone's new to the comm, Music II is original fic about the consequences of an art theft in Vienna in 1938 immediately after the Anschluss with Germany, but the parts I'm working on at the moment are set during the war, where one of the thieves has become a film star and spy for the Allies, and another is working as an "art advisor" to Ernst Kaltenbrunner, the head of the Austrian SS (a third has fled to England and is making black propaganda - radio broadcasts in German aimed at undermining German morale - and the fourth has managed to escape the gas wagons at Maly Trostinec and has gone underground).

Having said all that, I'm not actually going to start writing anything till Monday, as I'm off for a long weekend in the countryside near Salzburg, minus dogs, kids and work, and my goals for that period are to eat lots, sleep lots, read lots and go for walks whenever the weather allows. See you all on the 5th! And happy Picoing!

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

I remember Music II. The extracts seemed very taut and compelling. Good luck with completing it and have a nice holiday.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Yay, Music II! I'm really intrigued by that story. It's so big and complicated, and full of research, and definitely going somewhere. (I always bog down in research, so I admire writers who can do it well. ;D)

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

I remember this novel, and always enjoyed your excerpts - I'm looking forward to seeing more next week. Have a nice holiday!

[saki101.livejournal.com]

I always enjoy your writing, so look forward to reading what this month brings forth! Have a great weekend!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Good luck. I'll be very glad to see more Music II.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I think that must have been one of the years I wasn't around. But it sounds a fascinating topic/setting.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

1000 words a day is an impressive goal! :)

That sounds like a very interesting story!

Hope you have a nice holiday and come back full of writing energy!

[six-old-cars.livejournal.com]

What they all said :)

Enjoy your long weekend, and I shall look forward to your excerpts.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I look forward to more of Music II. I was also enjoying the one about the girl brought up as a boy.