Writing Goal for the Day?

[RjThoughts]

I edited for a friend. It's his first attempt at writing for Lit. and I'm doing my best, but there are some flaws that distract a lot. I am hoping he takes the advice I offer as heartfelt, not cruel or heavy handed.

If he's a friend, he'll understand and take your advice, not be upset.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Just under a thousand words today. More importantly, I worked out a modification to the ending that ties up all the dangling plot threads. I'm very pleased with that. With any luck, I complete the draft tomorrow.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

He gave it to you to edit, Red, because he trusts your opinion and feels you write well enough to help him. Feedback is essential and honest feedback is the most important.
You'll steer him down the right path.


I finished ch 7 and submitted it last night. Busy starting ch 8 now and spicing up the girls lives even more.

Honest feedback is now an official hate crime.

If he's a friend, he'll understand and take your advice, not be upset.

Thanks all. I'll be honest and see how things go from there. It has potential, and I've gotten some off board advice too, so hopefully things will work out well.

 

[sr71plt]

Up to my ears editing books for mainstream publishers, but also trying to review and "fix" a pen name novella of my own that's back from the publisher with questions.

 

[RjThoughts]

Thanks all. I'll be honest and see how things go from there. It has potential, and I've gotten some off board advice too, so hopefully things will work out well.

I have used my wife as my most honest editor in the past, she's so honest...though I cannot ever have her read a horror or ghost story EVER again: In college I wrote one for the literary mag and she didn't sleep for a month!!

Things WILL work out.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I have used my wife as my most honest editor in the past, she's so honest...though I cannot ever have her read a horror or ghost story EVER again: In college I wrote one for the literary mag and she didn't sleep for a month!!

Things WILL work out.

Thanks.

I started writing a really gory story, but thought... yikes where did that come from in your head?

 

[RjThoughts]

Thanks.

I started writing a really gory story, but thought... yikes where did that come from in your head?

She can take the gore, it's the supernatural she can't take. We can't watch Ghosthunters/Ghost Hunters International on the big tv..scares her too much, and I'm NEVER allowed to speak of the ghosts in the house in her presence.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

She can take the gore, it's the supernatural she can't take. We can't watch Ghosthunters/Ghost Hunters International on the big tv..scares her too much, and I'm NEVER allowed to speak of the ghosts in the house in her presence.

I don't care much for either one. lol

My goal today is to finish my Mature story concerning my neighbors. It's at 7600+ words as of this morning and I think it's probably 1/2 way there. I'll be doing a time jump, which I don't do a lot of in my stories, but for this one I think it would be best.

 

[PennLady]

I hope I fixed the ending on my castle story. Now it needs a title. I hate coming up with titles.

Then it'll be on -- I hope to God -- to the hockey story. I so badly want to finish it. I hate leaving readers waiting, and it wasn't intentional.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

800 words. I came close to finishing. Another 7-800 words tomorrow, and it will be done.

 

[sr71plt]

More of the same from yesterday. Making some progress on the mainstream edits, but two more are about to drop. Big suckers too.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Good grief! Can I not write short stories anymore?

 

[lance gt]

6k words into ch 8 and the sex hasn't stopped yet. The girls better slow down and not wear themselves out, but it is fun writing their adventures.

Hope everyone is acheiving their goals today.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I like to create epigrams. The best epigrams are zingers that hit the target with the impact of a bomb or a home run. Like this:

The guys spied Bosco in his pink Jeepster and surrounded it. Biff, the leader, clutched a t-ball bat and smacked it against his free hand, 'Hey faggot! Get outta your sissy-mobile and come play some hardball with the guys.' Biff's eyelids were half-closed over his wild, glassy eyes.

Bosco smiled at Biff thru the Jeeps open window, then pointed a 25 calibre pistol at the large boy's face, and in a giggly tone said, "Youre smarter than you look, how'd you know that the only thing I like better than sucking a dick is fighting?'

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Done. Finished. Complete. The end. Terminated.

Chapter two the story formerly known as LWTR is done. Now to send it off to my beta readers.

 

[sr71plt]

Got some mainstream editing done today, but most of the evening was spent finishing up the travel arrangements for a three-week trip to non-London England in the fall. Managed everything but the rental car, as the AAA website gave out on me.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I hope to wrap up the story focusing on my neighbors across the road. Then get back to rewriting, took a break from that for the neighbor story. I came up with an idea for an erotic horror, but it'll be a long piece so I won't start on that for a while.

 

[RjThoughts]

I finished a 296-word piece for a daily 300-word flash fiction contest, a story my wife would best describe as "Something from that sick fucking mind of yours."

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I'm working on editing of a poem. A line or two is tripping me up, so I've sought help.

 

[Obzezzion]

Hm...does it count if I've technically already completed what I consider my erotic writing quota for the day?

'cause I have. Those of you who've enjoyed The Sex Doctor - Ch 1 will soon be able to enjoy chapter 2 as well. I just submitted it.

There was a slight coding error forcing me to resubmit but my most recent story is now up! "The Sex Doctor: Ch. 02" is now linked in my sig!

 

[sr71plt]

Think I'm going to clear my editing plate enough to review one of my pen name novellas in the new day.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I do believe the poem is ready now, but I am going to wait to submit it because I would like to make it an illustration. It isn't typical poetry and I feel an illustration will pack the punch I'm looking for, if I am not able to capture it in illustration than perhaps I'll just capture it with words. We'll see.

Today's writing though will be (if I can - we're helping at a friend's house today) me working on finishing the neighbor story. It's almost done, just got to have them do the deed.

 

[Trinique_Fire]

My goal...my goal for today is to finish chapter two.

 

[lance gt]

Ch 7 of ALMI is out and getting good reviews, despite 1 bombing trolls trying to lower my score again. It's always fun to watch trolls take offence to my story and bash it, in hopes it'll lose the H, which it hasn't.

Ch 8 is coming along nicely,looking like another hot sex ch. and some drama with family and the nosey neighbours to round it out.

 

[PennLady]

Completely losing time to write. It just isn't there. Maybe I can carve some out this weekend. Very frustrating. Plus I think today is the last day my long books are up on Amazon (publisher is closing) and so I need to figure that out, too. Gah.