Beleaguered Princess: The Final Stretch · 12:40am Nov 6th, 2019
Five days left, everyone. You've got this. Even if no one reserved a slot for Gloriosa Daisy.
As a reminder, if you haven't added your story to the group, you should really do that.
Forget not that I am a derp.
Five days left, everyone. You've got this. Even if no one reserved a slot for Gloriosa Daisy.
As a reminder, if you haven't added your story to the group, you should really do that.
Someone already added "To Be Kind" tp the group for me. Thanks, mysterious stranger!
Were you hoping to get something for Gloriosa Daisy? I kinda forgot she existed until just now...
I've got a rough outline, five days and a will to write the only Skystar fic. Let's do this!
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Aw snap, I should have done one. Skystar is
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I picked Coronation. Hopefully it will turn out well.
I definitely have all the words. Yep. All of them. In a file. Some of them are even the right ones!
Boy howdy those sure are a lot of words.
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Just a riff on the "I/you got this."
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Signups are technically still open if you think you can jam one out in time. I took an entry in a different contest from concept to completion over the course of this past weekend, so it's certainly possible, and Skystar's slots are all available aside from Coronation.
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Hahahaha thanks, but no.
I'm concentrating on my RariDash Hearth's Warming fic. All other projects shelved until that is done.
I swear, it's like nobody else is punctual.
I have a funny feeling there's gonna be an absolute ton of new stories to read in approximately 4-5 days.
I'll have to wait for the next one. I keep learning about these contests too late.
Aha, hahaha, ha ha, haaaaaaaaaaa.....
I fear I might end up making a tradition of not gotting this.
I figure:
Another couple paragraphs should wrap things up for Filthy Rich and Abdication, then I need to read the thing stem to stern to see if it makes sense, So tomorrow afternoon if all goes well.
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I perhaps thought it wasn't until the 20th until I checked last night (just gonna blame traveling for spacing on the date).
I have an outline! And even a few words!
I have almost 3k words in a story that doesn't need to be long, just interesting. But it would probably help if I had a beginning or an ending, preferably both. This is a challenge.
I'm up to 6000 words, but I need at least 2k-3k more... Still hoping to get done by the weekend, but it's gonna be close...
...and have distinctly minimal time for editing
Aww, and since it's sortof Mystery genre, I had hoped to roll out the chapters one at a time, with a day or two's delay to give people time to speculate. No way there's going to be time for that though!
I set aside today to finish up the first draft of my story. Will try to edit it tomorrow before I go down to Galveston to set up at OniCon...
5151592 And first draft done at 8,502 words.
Don't expect comedy this time. I went in a much different direction than I usually go.
I've struck a nice balance of confidence and terror as of late, which seems to be a winning combination for getting the story done in time and a questionable thing for my productivity in other areas.
Sans any major problems, I think I'll aim to have my entry up Friday afternoon/evening.
I'm bowing out. This project isn't working for me at all.
Sorry to leave it till the last minute, but I had a strong and persistent case of misplaced optimism. Please take me off the list. I'm done.
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Hey, these things happen. I hope you find a way to make it work at some point.
No major problems, but I'll be half a day behind my original estimate. Tomorrow morning, I think.