Somewhere around 9:30 last night I ploughed through the 50,000 mark on my novel, which I was very pleased about. Still got a way to go before the end, but I feel good for getting this far. I’m aiming for 65,000 words, as that seems to be the place to be at for a first …
Monthly Archive: November 2007
Nov
29
Nov
28
Work With John Malkovich!
I got a nudge today about the John Malkovich Script Project that Sony are running in collaboration with the great man himself: “Make a movie with Malkovich. The Vaio Online Script Project (http://www.vaio-john.com/) is a unique opportunity to collaborate with one of todayís true renaissance men. Through his many creative endeavours but particularly through acting …
Nov
19
The Downward Slide?
Despite not being able to stand up much in the past few days thanks to a god-awful flu/cold/sick virus thing, I still managed to just about keep my head above water with the NaNoWriMo word count. Although some of what I tried to write Friday and Saturday might not make too much sense when I …
Nov
13
20,000 Words Under My Belt
I smashed through the 20,000 word barrier last night and have kept on going this evening. I’m still right on target at the moment though I’d like to be a little ahead of myself if possible. Methinks some lunchtimes will have to be blown on this little endeavour as well. I’d plotted the first act …
Nov
06
Finding My Voice
Yay, I just hit my first milestone of 10,000 words. Me’s a happy boy. Next milestone the halfway mark of 25,000. It’s interesting to see what’s coming out. I think I’ve read Jonathan Strange one too many times, but on the whole I seem to be finding a fairly consistent voice to my writing, something …
Nov
03
Big Screen
We all had a great time over at the Kino in Hawkhurst last night. It was a real buzz to see the finished film up on a big proper theatre screen (the one at BAFTA had been quite small). There was a good turnout of people too, and they all seemed to enjoy it and …
Nov
01
Off to a flying start…
I got over 3000 words done today – that’s the whole of the first chapter! It took me a while to get going and to resist the urge to go back and edit what I’d written, but once I got past that, the old right hemisphere was in full flow. Very satisfying. Question is – …