Monthly Archives: October 2010

NovelTrack October 2010, Wrap Up

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Carrie

When is car trouble a good thing? When it results in more writing time! Our Buick has been exhibiting some interesting transmission problems for the last week or so. It likes to go forward, but balked at reverse. Friday morning, … Continue reading →

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NovelTrack October 2010, Week 4

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Carrie

This is the final week for NovelTrack October 2010. I find myself saying this a lot, but it doesn’t seem possible so much time has passed. It does feel like the end of October and my studio and office assistants … Continue reading →

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NovelTrack October 2010, Week 3

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Carrie

Finally! Rain this week! After a hot and dry summer and a warm and dry fall, we Newtonians finally got rain this Friday. Praise the LORD! Fall colors suffered a little from overnight thunderstorms, but the rain was delightful. So … Continue reading →

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Stall Recovery!

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Carrie

Quite a bit of difference a day makes! Most of the stall warnings I mentioned yesterday have fallen silent since I wrote the last post. Progress has been mostly forward and at a pleasantly high rate of speed. After writing … Continue reading →

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Stall Speed….

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Carrie

October 19 I’ve noted over the course of my writing life that most stories stall at about the 20,000 word level. It doesn’t seem to matter how well a story is going, some problem will develop in the neighborhood of … Continue reading →

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NovelTrack October 2010, Week 2

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Carrie

Last week, I adjusted the daily goal for NovelTrack upward, from 2,000 words per day to 3,000. I pondered increasing it to 4,000 because I was working four ideas simultaneously and was trying to put 1,000 words on each one … Continue reading →

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NovelTrack October 2010, Week 1

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Carrie

The first full week of NovelTrack was an excellent week in spite of enduring cold symptoms and dealing with some intestinal stuff. When the month began, my daily goal was 2,000 words a day on one of the stories I … Continue reading →

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Planning Ends; Writing Begins

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Carrie

And it’s about time because I didn’t get a whole lot of planning done this past week! In fact, I worked on Anderson Baxter only two days during the past week and both days were comprised of journal entries and … Continue reading →

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