Today I mostly wrote ... the word count thread. Showing 2,251-2,300 of 4,252

[Kath]

Nothing! I had a great time playing, though!

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "Nothing! I had a great time playing, though!"

which is what counts :-)

[Kath]

It does. He's at the stage where he's learning words so fast. Today's new ones were 'Dad-dad' - Granddad - and 'Aldi bags' - we were waiting outside while his dad bought some stuff for tea. Every time shoppers came out with their purchases he pointed and yelled, 'Aldi bags!'

[Jim]

now there's something to work into a story :-)

[Kath]

1300 today. Going for a cuppa now!

[Kath]

1340 today. Better stop and do a bit of cleaning. Expecting guests!

[Benjamin]

500 today so far - though an article rather than my main project.

[Will]

Tomorrow I'm starting on the second draft of the latest space opera. So I'll not be counting additional words at all.

[M.T.]

I did 1272 today, but none yesterday. Well, you can't win 'em all. Thinking it will probably fall by the wayside while I'm on holiday but dead chuffed with it and hoping I should be able to get it up and running again more quickly when I come home.

Cheers

MTM

[Kath]

Yes, I'm First Draft. The exciting bit. I expect to add words at a slower rate when I go through for a first edit, as the story evolved so stuff needs adding earlier on.

[Jim]

I've been working on an ending
The story didn't really have one

[Will]

I've just reread Larry Niven's Ringworld, and that didn't have an ending either

[Jim]

I don't quite match his sales figures :-)

[Kath]

That's the thing about a ring. It doesn't have an end.

[Jim]

The Worm Ouroboros

[David]

Jim wrote: "I've been working on an ending
The story didn't really have one"

I had to stop before the end of my current first draft as I realised the ending I was heading towards no longer matched the story I'd written up to then.

So I have to go back and rewrite the thing up towards the new ending.

[Will]

Just had a short story accepted into an anthology for Fox Spirit Books, which is nice.

[M.T.]

Blimey, good going folks. I edited a bit this morning but didn’t do much. Might have another chance later though.

[Kath]

1254 this morning. I really enjoy first draft writing.

[M.T.]

I've a meaty scene coming up that I'm really going to enjoy writing!

Managed 15 mins today but only a few words. Still, I got my 10 mins in so I can chalk it up as a win! I have to stop and edit one, really as it's due in end of August and it does need a bit of a going over before then.

Cheers

MTM

[Alicia]

Those are the satisfying ones, MT, even if hard. Love them.

[Kath]

Whoop! Today I mostly wrote... 1752 words. I shall award myself... a full ironing basket! :(

[Kath]

2294 today. To give my brain a rest I'm off out to flower arranging!

[M.T.]

Woot 1,117 which is pretty good on holiday.

[Kath]

Blooming well done, Mary. I consider a thousand a good day, any day.

[Alicia]

Kath wrote: "2294 today. To give my brain a rest I'm off out to flower arranging!"

Really doing well, Kath. Keep it up - I am green...

[M.T.]

Shucks, thanks Kath! :-)

The iPad is on charge in this morning. However, I have a short for an anthology printed out ready to edit so I’ll use the morning writing window to start on that.

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "Blooming well done, Mary. I consider a thousand a good day, any day."

yes, a thousand is a good milestone, much more than that you can get into serious editing territory :-)

[M.T.]

Thanks everyone, I did a whole load of editing in the car. Over my ten minutes again. Not many words, a couple of hundred? Three hundred? But spent the time and fixed a couple of significant niggles which was great.

[Jim]

Two blog posts so they'll find homes in due course

[Kath]

Only about 30 words today as I've been out gadding about. Significant words, however, as they are the blurb for the WIP.

[Kath]

906 today but I've been visiting this morning and I'm off out to pick tomatoes now. total currently 60,650. :)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Kath wrote: "906 today but I've been visiting this morning and I'm off out to pick tomatoes now. total currently 60,650. :)"

Tomatoes or words?

[Kath]

Both! I'm giving toms away by the bagful!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Kath wrote: "Both! I'm giving toms away by the bagful!"

I could use a couple of bags :)

[Kath]

Can you collect?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Kath wrote: "Can you collect?"

How about I send Brian Cox to collect for me?

[Kath]

I may be gone some time!

[Kath]

1247 today. Total is now 61,897. Not bad!
Nothing tomorrow as we're having another grandson day.

[Jim]

spent today weaving another thread through a story :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Jim wrote: "spent today weaving another thread through a story :-)"

Ah! Fiction's rich tapestry. Or is it burberry?

[Jim]

probably tapestry
I cannot see Tallis doing burberry to be honest

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

No, he has better taste than that. Paisley, though....

[Jim]

ideally something more fractal :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Jim wrote: "ideally something more fractal :-)"

A bit of Mandelbrot.

[Jim]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Jim wrote: "ideally something more fractal :-)"

A bit of Mandelbrot."


now there is a challenge. Normally people can describe some investigations as peeling an onion, you go down through the layers until you get to the answer

But with the Mandelbrot, the deeper you delve the more likely you are to find yourself scratching the surface of something apparently identical

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Its turtles all the way down!!

[Jim]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Its turtles all the way down!!"

I think Pratchett said something similar

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Yes, but he wasn't the first!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles...

[Jim]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Yes, but he wasn't the first!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles..."

actually an infinite column of turtles is inherently no more ridiculous than a big bang where all the matter in a universe appeared in an instant, from nowhere :-)