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Writing update

Today’s word count: -1461

I said changing tooling at this stage would be dangerous.

But I expected this. It’s all part of the Delta-v equation for putting a story together.

That figure reflects the 2063 words removed in redundant sections and the 602 new words I wrote today.

So far, I’m digging Scrivener. Splitting and moving segments around is trivial: exactly what I need as I start bringing sections together into a coherent whole.

image: Richard F. Penn (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delta_V_Earth_Moon_Mars.png)

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Writing update (changing horses)

Scary stuff today: I am trying out Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview) for the first time.

I’ve always written my books in Word, opening a new file for every scene or thought, then pasting them all together into one document at some point when it felt right. This worked great for the first book (~5000 words), not as great but still ok for the second (~17,000 words), and will likely be terrible for this new one (currently ~21,000 words and growing). The proliferation of files and resulting loose-ends is becoming difficult to manage. Scrivener is a writing tool that is designed to help manage a large writing project. We’ll see.

Why is this scary? Well…

Today’s word count: 0

image: Chuck Dent (http://www.dentranch.com/index45.html)

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Writing update

My use of the word “finished” in the previous post, regarding a bout of research, was inaccurate. The research is never finished.
I got a little further on the writing today, but also realized I need more info on a key topic.
Today’s word count: 1237
image (Apollo era A7L Primary Life Support System): NASA
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Writing update

Just finished a huge bout of research: reading papers and contacting professionals in an effort to make sure the story fits with known science and technology. Today is the first day I’ve actually sat down to just write since my previous update.

Today’s word count: 1154

inflatable airlock image: NASA

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Research break

There probably won’t be much writing for a few days. I need to slow down, do some research on some of the wild things I threw in during this sprint, and get the timeline in order.
 
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Writing update

With today’s entry, I have completed the primary plot arc. That sounds like a big deal, and I guess it is. But there is still soooooooo much to do. The timeline is full of inconsistencies. POV wanders willy-nilly (omniscient, but needs taming). I’m way out on a limb with some of the technological events. There is no Act 1 or denouement. Much of the storytelling is fragmented and includes notes to myself. Characters need further development…

So, a milestone of sorts, but nothing to celebrate.

Today’s word count: 952