{"id":731,"date":"2009-10-11T12:39:38","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T16:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2009-10-11T12:39:38","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T16:39:38","slug":"weekly-writing-check-in-oct-5-to-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/11\/weekly-writing-check-in-oct-5-to-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Check-in: Oct. 5 to 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you can see from my <a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">posts<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryRajotte\" target=\"_blank\">tweets<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NaNo<\/a> is taking up all my time. My constantly talking about outlining is probably only interesting to me &#8211; but it <em>is<\/em> part of the process. I originally wanted to post my actual tasks each day (see the <a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/22\/nano-09-outlining-day-one-character-sketches\/\" target=\"_blank\">Day One<\/a> outlining post); but since I&#39;m outlining all my stories at once, it&#39;s kind of impossible to stick to that schedule. And thus, no regimented accomplishments to report.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, I did manage to quell my self-doubt about the project. I&#39;m digging my heels in and am currently laying out the plot of each piece. Right now, I&#39;m getting into the motivations of the characters. Sure, sometimes things just happen because the antagonist is nuts &#8211; but there has to be a reason for his nuttiness, and that&#39;s what I&#39;m trying to weave into the story.<\/p>\n<p>So even though I feel that I&#39;m behind where I should be, I know that by the time I&#39;m finished with all the planning, I&#39;ll have a little packet of info for each story and when it comes time to write, I can sit down at my desk every morning, open up my formatted outline and just get down to business.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, <em>Only Our Dust<\/em> was rejected again. I honestly figured it would be (I submitted it to one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duotrope.com\" target=\"_blank\">Duotrope&#39;s<\/a> 25 Most Challenging Fiction Markets), so I wasn&#39;t too upset about it. Now the task is to find a new market to sub it to. 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