Things I Plan to Try to Write in 2006
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megwrites1. At least one short story that can be sold to somewhere. Magazine. Journal. Little old ladies who have their own newsletter and like to read things about butterflies and epic family history.
2. To finish my %&#^$~! novel (Revenant Blues) and have someone read over it and tell me in formal words what's wrong with itstarting with the fact that I wrote it.
3. To write at least two or three things (short stories, poems, parts of novels, random exerpts) that are out of my comfort area.
4. Figure out where my comfort area is. And leave. A lot.
5. Actually do something about the nifty little outline that sitting in a folder beside my bed with the pretty pictures.
6. Get the courage to maybe just maybe submit %$#@-ing novel to a &^%$#-ing publisher. Try not to cry when doing it. Or in the interim between putting it in the mailbox and when I get the rejection letter. Try not to cry hysterically and tear hair out in a hysterical fit when rejection letter comes.
7. Get good enough at writing that I actually might have a reason *not* to expect a rejection letter.
8. Read lots more and pimp books. Even if I do have to read lousy stuff for school.
2. To finish my %&#^$~! novel (Revenant Blues) and have someone read over it and tell me in formal words what's wrong with it
3. To write at least two or three things (short stories, poems, parts of novels, random exerpts) that are out of my comfort area.
4. Figure out where my comfort area is. And leave. A lot.
5. Actually do something about the nifty little outline that sitting in a folder beside my bed with the pretty pictures.
6. Get the courage to maybe just maybe submit %$#@-ing novel to a &^%$#-ing publisher. Try not to cry when doing it. Or in the interim between putting it in the mailbox and when I get the rejection letter. Try not to cry hysterically and tear hair out in a hysterical fit when rejection letter comes.
7. Get good enough at writing that I actually might have a reason *not* to expect a rejection letter.
8. Read lots more and pimp books. Even if I do have to read lousy stuff for school.
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Date: 2006-01-25 05:09 am (UTC)I will read it cover to cover, and give feedback in whatever depth you prefer, from general impressions to line-by-line. I'll do it chapter by chapter or sit down and read it like I would any other novel, from start to finish with nothing else in between, whichever you prefer.
Well, chapter by chapter is the best way I think. Because a) you don't have to read a big, big chunk at a time and b) critiques and comments on chapters helps me when writing other chapters. If you were to say, "You tend to have character a doing all the explaining" and I'd know that in the next chapter, maybe to let that character do something else so the reader doesn't get tired of the character.
I will also do my damndest to make you submit it!
If I can get it finished and polished, I've made myself swear that I *will* submit it. Can't promise I won't just get a brand new collection of rejection slips for my trouble, but I will try to submit it.
- Meg