Writing goals

[Lacy Duckwing]

So...

The thing is I still have that out of place scene sitting at the bottom of the document and it's about 450 words... I still want to use it but I definitely rushed it and need to add more before it. I'm going to keep writing till I can fit it, so I'm not going to say I've hit my goal just yet.

You could put it in a folder within the doc and save it there until you're ready for it, that way you can get an accurate count. Also, if you highlight what you've written but not that scene, it'll count only what's highlighted.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

You could put it in a folder within the doc and save it there until you're ready for it, that way you can get an accurate count. Also, if you highlight what you've written but not that scene, it'll count only what's highlighted.

Yeah, that's what I've been doing I just haven't felt like moving it yet cause I think part of me thought I could work it in already It is like 449 words so I do have a good idea where I'm up to, I'm still honestly so close to hitting my goal even without it!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I am stuck in myone, with the prologue I shared.

If you don't mind me speaking up, I was thinking about this and prologue. It was very interesting and you had a good hook. But prologues (correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not too familiar with them), can almost be separate from your book. How it's a part of your story is up to you. After a prologue is the first chapter, so I think you should start with getting to know your protagonist. Introduce him in the now, how his life is now, and give him a task that shows how that now is for him (while also giving little tips that gives readers a reason to like this character, such as something in his personality, he fails at, or other).

So, just a long shot, let's say that prologue was how he once was and now he's not that anymore. Maybe have him do something that's shocking, like maybe cleaning after someone else's dirty pigs and being miserable with life. He doesn't think about what he once was, nor does he view it as unfair treatment. He's working as that is how life is for him, despite how pathetic it is. Then trickle little things that makes the reader want to know why things has gone downhill for him (like maybe he sees soldiers marching by, he watches for a moment, then turns away cursing them, or an old friend tries encouraging him to go back, etc.), but hold the reasoning why secret until a later time where say, he's more cornered or something, and you've given enough "crumbs to make the bread."

This is all just an idea, and please don't use my exact example.

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

Well—
I just hit 18k so I’ve got less than 2k more words to go!

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Well—
I just hit 18k so I’ve got less than 2k more words to go!

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

I finally went back to my document last night.

And remembered I got stuck in the middle of a sentence Like not the scene, an actual sentence

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

I finally went back to my document last night.

And remembered I got stuck in the middle of a sentence Like not the scene, an actual sentence

That’s so real

My scenes have been going pretty quick lately thankfully
I feel like I’ve finally got then plot ball rolling which is rare for me since I don’t plan these things