Jkurtzwriter's Blog

Hello friends, fellow writers, patrons of this blog. Happy Halloween👻👺, or as I now call it, NaNoWriMo Eve. NaNoWriMo is, I guess, a kind of cult- a writer's cult. November is Na tional No vel Wri ting Mo nth, something new to me also. Basically, you just write 50,000 words in the month of November. You sign up ( create a profile on the website ) and start a project, which is tracked, I guess? Apparently, the rules used to be a lot more stringent, but now, just about everything is allowed, so I will be working on Mysterious Ways, obviously! It's taken six months for me to hunt and peck 50,000 words so it is kind of intimidating, though it will force me to keep writing forward, and finish this intricate story. And, to be honest, I've probably actually typed 100k in that six months, if I count all the editing, and blogging, and building a story bible app, a separate but compatible project, along the way. Mysterious Ways update : Still writing chapter 19, which is currently:...

Re: Mysterious Ways Hey there. So, I just surpassed the 200 page mark of Mysterious Ways ! I'm not writing for page count, but it is getting so long, I'm afraid to look back. It takes me forever to read a book normally, and now I'm writing one that will probably need, at least, three drafts. The guideline is not to edit the first draft, but that has been difficult, as I am a perfectrionist. Psych! * perfectionist I'm starting Chapter 19 (of an outlined 24 chapters) with a word count of 60,600, but I know of two chapters that already need a complete re-write, so... That said, it's going to be an exciting, mad rush to the end! No more  backstory, no more scene setting, just all the action that I hope to bring  to you and finish a story y'all never forget!                                                       ??? Meteor Submit your name...