I just finished the rewrite of my novel!

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840 words (70782 total) on the rewrite of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.
And that is a completed first rewrite. I thought for sure I would have to do massive rewriting in the last 10K words, because I wrote them all in a single day, but they really (surprisingly) hold up!
I’m going to send my manuscript to a few close, trusted friends for...
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bromopar:
Hellz yeah!  Hope it gets published.  :)
wizard0:
Awesome!

panic attacks suck

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This is a reprint and expansion of today’s word count entry on my tumblr thing.
I had panic attacks all night long, last night. Each time I fell asleep, I woke up what felt like minutes later, in absolute terror. Like, imagine that you’re on an airplane and everything seems fine, and then it suddenly drops like 1000 feet. You know how you think you’d...
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78walk:
Sorry, that sucks. No similar experience, can't offer any practical advice, but hope you get some relief soon.
bromopar:
I've been having the same issues for about a year now.  Had to leave work because of them.  If you figure out how to make them go away, let me know.

3945 words (54,130 total) on All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

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The blog post that became a short story that became a novella that is almost a novel was an intense writing experience today. I had to write a scene that I’ve been dreading, that I know will have to be rewritten at least once, to get the tone and emotional punch exactly right.

This was an emotionally exhausting day, the most intense one I’ve had...
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jozsef:
Imposter indeed. Your writing that I've seen has a magical, compelling quality that's very special, to say the least, and that YouTube piece about Shatner having been less than gracious is a masterpiece of wit, timing and nuance. I could go on but my conclusion is that you're the real deal, someone genuinely to be looked up to and be inspired by. Remember that I have no reason to dish out fabricated praise just to "be nice." For all anyone knows, being nice might be something I endure with great reluctance and only when the occasion absolutely demands it.

2109 words (48546 total) on All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.

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The blog post that became a short story that became a novella that is almost a novel was a lot of fun to work on today. I wrote a scene that needs to be inserted into the narrative like 15000 words ago, because I realized that it’s part of a narrative thread that needs more to happen, so that it can payoff a little closer...
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incontrol88:
I find it very, VERY hard to write outside of chronological order so props to you for making the leap!
bromopar:
Thanks for the advice.  That has been a hang up of mine as well for quite some time.

2016-03-22 word metrics

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1644 words (46437 total) on all We Ever Wanted Was Everything

Wrote two scenes that will probably get cut, or will be put into a different place in the story. I’m at a point where I have to write what the heart wants to write, so I can keep going, though, so I’m filling up pages to give myself something to edit when this draft...
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littlejohn22:
power forth

2016-03-21 word metrics

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2451 words (44793 total) on All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, a blog post that became a short story that became a novella that is going to be a novel.
After just 500 word yesterday, this is close to where I want to be with my daily output, and I’m 100% right back into it with this draft.
I feel like it’s going to wrap...
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littlejohn22:
I look forward to read this
user1023247879:
It always feels good to hit a creative goal 💜

Under the Big Black Sun is the best punk oral history I've ever heard.

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John Doe, co-founder of X, published an oral history of the Los Angeles punk scene last year, and I'm just getting around to listening to the audiobook. It's AMAZING.

He got a bunch of people who were there in the 70s and 80s, from Exene Cervenka to Jane Weidlin to Henry Rollins to Jack Grisham and more to tell their stories.

Under the Big...
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