Andrea McElwain

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Plowing Ahead

14 August, 2009 (11:02) | Writing Difficulties, Writing Process | By: Andrea

I realized a couple nights ago that I have a sagging middle. (Middle of the book. Sheesh, what did you think I meant?) I should have expected it. I dialed up everything in the beginning, so now what I had before doesn’t quite live up. Especially since one of the more exciting scenes won’t work [...]

Weaving and Blocking

6 August, 2009 (11:48) | Writing Difficulties, Writing Process | By: Andrea

I’ve done pretty well in wordcounts this week, but not as good as I’d like. I’m having a hard time creating more writing time since I’ve been working late at the day-job. I plan to make up for it on the weekends, though. No reason I can’t get several thousand done then. I’m hitting the [...]

Moving Right Along

9 July, 2009 (14:07) | Uncategorized, Writing Process | By: Andrea

I wrote over 1400 words yesterday! On a weeknight! Okay, it helped that the Kid was gone. But the biggest thing was that I was writing a huge, emotional, tension-filled scene that just flowed. I could’ve kept going to 2000 if I hadn’t had to sleep. We’ll see if I can get myself going to [...]