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Novel progress

March 30, 2002February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

March was more productive than February. I finished the month at around 260 pages. The progress felt good and the story was much to my liking. The exciting bits had of course been fun to write, but the connecting scenes were hard. By the end of the month I figured I was about halfway through… Continue reading Novel progress →

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Novel progress

February 28, 2002February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

The first month of my leave from work. I started my first full day of writing on February 4. In the first week I did almost 50 pages of work. Despite the good start I finished the month at 100 pages after a binge of 15 pages in one day. I think that the reason… Continue reading Novel progress →

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Novel update

January 2, 2002February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

I spent most of this month doing the preparations for my leave, which started at the beginning of February. This included final changes to the plot outline and character sketches for the major characters. I also fiddled quite a bit with the geography and culture of the world for the story. The current working title… Continue reading Novel update →

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Novel update

December 30, 2001February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

The major events of the plot for the novel started to gel. I had a good sense at this point of the story, but not on a detailed level. One of the major characters changed sex, which helped create some additional conflict for the storyline.

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Writing update

November 30, 2001February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

Started working in earnest on developing the plot for my novel. I added a major character and started planning what events should happen in the story.

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