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Progress Report – October 14

October 14th, 2018

Another week of solid work done! I completely rewrote a chapter. The new version turned out to be far more complicated than the original, so it took some time. I also partly re-wrote and completely revised another chapter.

I’m looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow morning. After struggling with this novel for over a year, I feel like the work is going well at last.

For now, I’ve stopped worrying about marketing my other books, in an effort to focus all my energy on this one. This has resulted in plummeting book sales, but if that’s what it takes to get the next one finished, I’ll do it.

Oh and that short story I mentioned a couple of weeks ago? The novel wouldn’t let me spend more than a day on it. This novel wants to be done. I’ll work on the short story in a couple of weeks.

Please check your voter registration. If you’ve been dropped from the rolls, the advice I’ve heard is to seek a provisional ballot. Please vote!

Posted on: Sunday, October 14th, 2018 at 8:53 pm
Categories: Work-In-Progress Reports, Writing.
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One Response to “Progress Report – October 14”

  1. SteveG Says:

    When I mention this kind of perspective to my non-writer friends (“The novel wouldn’t let me spend more than a day on it. This novel wants to be done”), they get a little freaked out… which I like 🙂