Write Every Day: Day 18

[luzula]

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Day 1: china_shop naraht rushthatspeaks badly_knitted osprey_archer garonne regshoe chestnut_pod hogwartstoalexandria scribe cathexys luzula isis sylvanwitch ljm vendettadays chanter1944 bluedreaming sanguinity cornerofmadness nnozomi marvelouscity ride_4ever yasaman lferion shadaras ysilme silveradept boxofdelights dhampyresa

Day 2: china_shop rushthatspeaks shadaras badly_knitted vendettadays hogwartstoalexandria osprey_archer tei regshoe luzula sylvanwitch nnozomi isis silveradept chestnut_pod ljm chanter1944 cornerofmadness sanguinity bluedreaming marvelouscity ride_4ever yasaman naraht lferion ysilme garonne boxofdelights dhampyresa

Day 3: china_shop garonne osprey_archer regshoe badly_knitted scribe naraht luzula sylvanwitch isis alexseanchai shadaras chanter1944 ljm chestnut_pod bluedreaming vendettadays boxofdelights cornerofmadness ride_4ever china_shop yasaman sanguinity marvelouscity lferion ysilme hogwartstoalexandria silveradept dhampyresa

Day 4: china_shop naraht ysilme tei badly_knitted regshoe hogwartstoalexandria luzula garonne isis shadaras dhampyresa sierranovembr sylvanwitch osprey_archer rushthatspeaks chestnut_pod vendettadays bluedreaming ljm cornerofmadness chanter1944 sanguinity ride_4ever lferion yasaman silveradept

Day 5: alexseanchai china_shop badly_knitted sylvanwitch silveradept tei regshoe naraht sierranovembr luzula garonne shadaras osprey_archer chestnut_pod isis chanter1944 ljm sanguinity bluedreaming cornerofmadness ride_4ever yasaman lferion dhampyresa hogwartstoalexandria ysilme

Day 6: china_shop osprey_archer naraht regshoe luzula badly_knitted garonne dhampyresa sylvanwitch boxofdelights hogwartstoalexandria chestnut_pod shadaras ljm bluedreaming sanguinity cornerofmadness ride_4ever yasaman marvelouscity lferion ysilme silveradept chanter1944

Day 7: china_shop badly_knitted vendettadays regshoe silveradept naraht luzula osprey_archer hogwartstoalexandria ljm shadaras chanter1944 bluedreaming cornerofmadness chestnut_pod yasaman sanguinity ride_4ever lferion sylvanwitch garonne ysilme

Day 8: china_shop badly_knitted regshoe naraht luzula sylvanwitch sierranovembr isis osprey_archer ljm shadaras chestnut_pod chanter1944 bluedreaming sanguinity cornerofmadness vendettadays yasaman lferion ride_4ever garonne hogwartstoalexandria ysilme boxofdelights silveradept

Day 9: china_shop garonne badly_knitted tei hogwartstoalexandria regshoe osprey_archer naraht luzula sylvanwitch ysilme boxofdelights shadaras ljm isis chanter1944 bluedreaming cornerofmadness sanguinity yasaman ride_4ever lferion silveradept

Day 10: china_shop regshoe silveradept osprey_archer naraht chestnut_pod badly_knitted sylvanwitch luzula ysilme shadaras ljm bluedreaming cornerofmadness sanguinity yasaman ride_4ever lferion alexseanchai garonne chanter1944 hogwartstoalexandria

Day 11: china_shop osprey_archer regshoe chestnut_pod badly_knitted luzula garonne naraht shadaras sylvanwitch chanter1944 ljm cornerofmadness bluedreaming ride_4ever sanguinity lferion yasaman hogwartstoalexandria ysilme isis silveradept

Day 12: china_shop hogwartstoalexandria badly_knitted sylvanwitch regshoe chestnut_pod naraht luzula shadaras chanter1944 yasaman bluedreaming sanguinity ljm cornerofmadness lferion garonne ysilme isis silveradept ride_4ever

Day 13: china_shop tei badly_knitted sylvanwitch regshoe luzula garonne naraht ysilme hogwartstoalexandria sanguinity shadaras ljm chanter1944 bluedreaming cornerofmadness boxofdelights chestnut_pod yasaman lferion marvelouscity isis silveradept garonne ride_4ever

Day 14: china_shop naraht isis regshoe silveradept sierranovembr badly_knitted sylvanwitch garonne yasaman shadaras ljm chanter1944 bluedreaming cornerofmadness chestnut_pod sanguinity lferion luzula ysilme

Day 15: china_shop regshoe luzula naraht badly_knitted garonne sylvanwitch thesebonesaregood shadaras yasaman sierranovembr ljm bluedreaming sanguinity cornerofmadness lferion ysilme chestnut_pod chanter1944 yasaman silveradept

Day 16: china_shop luzula badly_knitted regshoe chestnut_pod sierranovembr naraht sylvanwitch sanguinity shadaras chanter1944 ljm bluedreaming cornerofmadness ride_4ever lferion garonne silveradept

Day 17: china_shop regshoe luzula badly_knitted sylvanwitch osprey_archer shadaras ljm chanter1944 cornerofmadness bluedreaming ride_4ever sanguinity yasaman chestnut_pod silveradept

Day 18: china_shop

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Comments

[ljm]

Day 18: No work today, so I did a ton of writing. 1885 new words of actual story, plus ~1380 words of character notes for myself. I also worked on my outline by rearranging a couple scenes, and used K.M Weiland's advice to label each one with a goal, conflict, and outcome. I found this hugely helpful for fixing scenes that were boring/aimless.

My second draft is still very messy, (and more like a first draft in many places,) but that's ok! I want to get to the end of the story, then go back to look at everything as a whole when it's done.

Do you have any advice about finding writing partners? I feel like I'm slowly but surely approaching the point where my novel would benefit from a second set of eyes, but I don't know how one goes about finding these eyes.

[luzula]

Wow, that's good progress! \o/

If you like, I could include your question in the next WED post? Both the general question (places to find writing partners) and that you're looking for someone. : ) It might help if you give me a short description of what your book is about.

[ljm]

I would appreciate that, thank you! And I should make it clear that I am 100% down to review and comment on others' work as well.

My novel is a pseudo-historical mystery set in 19th century Europe. It revolves around an abducted princess who returns to the palace with three strangers and no memory of the insurgents who captured her. It’s up to her sister, the protagonist, to piece together the chain of events that led to her abduction, before the insurgents destroy the monarchy— and her family— for good.

Notes: This story is original fiction told from a limited first person viewpoint. It will most likely be 70k-90k upon completion. I’d appreciate any kind of feedback, but right now, my focus is on structure and cohesion, as well as historical research. I’ll gladly share a sample with anyone who might be interested.

[garonne]

Your story sounds intriguing! I'd be very happy to beta-read/critique it. As it happens, I'm also in the middle of writing a historical novel. It's set in England in the 1790s, about two women falling in love while working to free a friend who has been jailed for her links to a Jacobin society. Ever since I realised (via Write Every Day) that you were also in the middle of writing some long historical original fiction, I have been wondering if you would be interested in some sort of critique swap. But I was too shy to ask. Fortunately you were not so shy!

[ljm]

Wow! I'm so happy to have found someone so soon, and delighted to hear that you thought of doing critique before I brought it up.

Your story sounds like something I'd love to read!