Ticklefanatic15's Writing Journal

In the past, I've been so focused on simply getting the stories written out and sharing them that I skipped the editing stage entirely. With these last two stories, the plan was to start taking steps towards changing that, the first step being compiling and editing them after the rough drafts were posted. Window of Opportunity's complete and revised post is now up, and I've just worked out my plan for draft 2 of Working Late. Already, a few interesting differences have emerged.

Window ...

Well, this was my big experiment in breaking stories into parts and alternating between two stories, and I would say it worked well. I am almost always somewhat unmotivated (about life in general, not just writing), but this kept burnout to a minimum - relatively short periods of writer's block hindered both stories, but I also had some moments of major productivity, putting out multiple installments within a month.

I plan to continue this general pattern, alternating Ashley Grable ...

As the title says, I am getting close to posting the next part of Working Late! I just passed my target wordcount for it today, but there is still a little to be done before it is ready; hopefully I can post it this weekend

I got a little busier than expected the last month or so, which did make it take longer than i expected, but i am excited to be nearing the end!

And of course, i will be going back to Megan Huntley after this... the poor girl has been stuck in that ...

I have not had much time to work on writing since my last post; however, I was able to do some today. Mostly, I outlined a future story that I am excited about. It will not interfere with the publication of either of my current stories; I will write it in conjunction with the next Ashley Grable story, much like how the current one is being written alongside the first Megan Huntley story.

Speaking of Megan Huntley, I have also been able to make some progress on Window of Opportunity, ...

Working Late part 1 is published! That took about a month and a half to write; hopefully Window of Opportunity part 2 is a little quicker, perhaps by a couple of weeks. I would not mind getting each part done in about a month; that would have me finishing both stories by about August and posting the next in April.

At any rate, while I do still slow down as I approach the conclusion of the part, it is much more manageable with shorter stories. I think I am going to continue with this ...