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MY PAGE COUNT IS 125 AS OF APRIL 23RD 2024 RIGHT NOW I AM WRITING BACK STORIES OF MY MAJOR CHARACTERS....AROUND 20 PAGES EACH HERO HERIONE VILLIAN MENTOR AND OTHER CHARACTERS I THINK I WANT TO TO MORE IMPORANT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.....I NEEDED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS PAST.....SO THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING NOW....  THE MAIN THING IS TO WRITE EVERYDAY...,EVEN IF IT IS JUST ONE WORD OR ONE SENTENCE ONE WORD AT A TIME

 I HAVE WRITTEN 101 PAGES SO FAR THIS MONTH...APRIL 21, 2024 IF YOU DIED TODAY....WOULD YOU HAVE LEFT A PIECE OF YOU BEHIND? WOULD THAT BOOK BE FINISHED?  PUBLISHED? WRITE AS IF THERE IS NO TOMORROW.... WRITE SO YOU WILL LEAVE SO LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? PICK UP A PENCIL, CRAYON, PEN AND START WRITING YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR THE WORLD IS AT WAR....JESUS IS COMING.....ACCEPT JESUS....REPENT....TURN TO GOD....THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME HERE IN THIS PHYSICAL REALM

 

 IHADTO GO TO THE DENIST YESTERDAY I WROTE 2 PAGES...IN THE WAITING ROOM CAME HOME...WROTE 6 MORE PAGES WRITE ANYWHERE ANY TIME....NO EXCUSES I DID MISS A DAY OF WRITING I READ A BOOK....THE HOUSEMAID BY FREDIA MCFADDEN I READ IT IN ONE DAY....NOT AN EXCUSE....I BOUGHT 4 MORE OF HER BOOKS.....SO ONCE I START ONE OF HER BOOKS....I WILL MAKE A POINT TO WRITE THAT DAY ALSO PAGE COUNT DO FAR APRIL 16, 2024 I HAVE WRITTEN 79 PAGES SO I AM MOVING ALONG WHAT IS YOUR PAGE COUNT OR WORD COUNT?

 I STUMBLED ONTO THIS AUTHOR SHE IS NOT A NEW AUTHOR SHE HAS OVER 10 BOOKS OUT FREIDA MCFADDEN FOR ALL YOU WRITER'S OUT THERE.....LISTEN UP! SHE STARTED AS A SELF PUBLISHER NOW SHE IS A BEST SELLING AUTHOR HER BOOK....HOUSEMAID.....OPTION FOR A MOVIE SO NEVER GIVE UP ON YOURSELF I READ ......HOUSEMAID IN LESS THAN 2 DAYS JUST BOUGHT THE LOCKED DOOR CO-WORKER NEVER LIE CHECK HER OUT

THE ECLIPSE CAME AND WENT....YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED BY PLANNING AND MEDIA NEWS AROUND THE ECLIPSE.....BUT TIME TO GET BACK TO WRITING USE TBE EXCITEMENT YOU HAD FOR THE ECIPSE AND PUT IT IN WRITING I HAVE WRITTEN EVERY DAY....YET NOT REACHED A 10 PAGE DAY....LAST MONTH I DID SO GOOD. THIS MONTH MY AVERAGE IS 4 PAGES A DAY......IT IS NOT BAD.....BUT I WAS ON A ROLL AND NOW I LEVELED OUT SO FAR I HAVE WRITTEN 42 PAGES LAST MONTH I WAS AT 50 PAGES..... NOT BAD....BUT I NEED TO GET BACK IN THE GROOVE OF THINGS WISH ME LUCK  

MY GOAL EVERYDAY IS TO WRITE. THAT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE. WHEN I HAD A FULL TIME JOB...I WAS SO MUCH MORE FOCUSED ON MY WRITING.....WRITING ON BREAKS, IN MY CAR, ANY SPARE MINUTE....THEN I QUIT MY JOB TO FOCUS ON MY WRITING....WELL THAT DIDNT GO AS PLANNED. I WROTE LESS OR NOT AT ALL NOW MT GOAL IS TO WRITE. I COUNTMY PAGES....RATHER THAN WORD COUNT! MY GOAL IS TO WRITE 1 PAGE....I CAN DO THAT.....ONCEI GET THAT 1 PAGE WRITTEN....THE NEXT PAGES SEEM TO WRITE THEMSELVES IF YOU ARE ON WORD COUNT....WRITE THE 1ST 50 WORDS....EVERYDAY....BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...YOU WILL CONTINUE TO WRITE AND THE WORDS WILL FLOW WRITE EVERYDAY....EVEN IF IT IS ONE SENTENCE! YOU ARE A WRITER! WRITE! I ALSO KEEP A LOG OF HOW MANY PAGES I WRITE EVERDAY APRIL 1ST....6 2ND...6 3RD..2 4TH...10 5TH..4 6TH..6.... TOTALFOR MONTH SO FAR....34 PAGES IF I CAN DO IT.....SO CAN YOU! ONE WORD AT A TIME! ONE PAGE AT A TIME  

 AS OF TODAY....MARCH 31, 2024 I HAVE WRITTEN 213 PAGES  I ONLY MISSED ONE DAY OF WRITING THIS MONTH....I DIDN'T FEEL WELL..... I HAVE WRITTEN 10 PAGES.....9 DAYS THIS MONTH I HAVE BEEN WRITING EVERYDAY.....MY PAGE COUNT IS INCREASING EVEN THE DAYS I DON'T FEEL LIKE WRITING....I WROTE AT LEAST 1 OR 2 PAGES....SO I WOULD NOT HAVE TO PLACE A ZERO IN MY LOG BOOK SO I AM QUITE PLEASED WITH MY WRITING THIS MONTH.

 IT IS WEDNESDAY MARH 27 2024 AS OF 10AM .......I HAE WRITTEN 176 PAGES THIS MONTH I HAVEN'T MISSED A DAY OF WRITING....YESTERDAY.....I HAD A SINUS HEADACHE....I WROTE 2 PAGES...JUST SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PLACE A ZERO IN MY LOG...SO I AM DOING PRETTY GOOD THIS MONTH...HOW IS YOUR WRITING COMING ALONG??? I KNOW THE BGINNING OF THE BOOK....I KNOW HOW IT ENDS....THE MIDDLE IS IN QUESTION....I WILL FIGURE IT OUT AS I GO I THINK I AM A PLOTTER....THEN SOME DAYS I THINK I AM PANTSTER. (SOME ONE WHO DOES NOT PLOT...WRITES BY THE SEAT OF THEIR PANTS) I THINK I AM BOTH  YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER.....AS LONG AS YOU WRITE.... THIS MONTH....I HAVE HAD 8 DAYS WHEN I WROTE 10 PAGES.... I DO BELIEVE THAT MY WORD COUNT IS INCREASING....WRITING WHEN I DON'T WANT TO....SOME DAYS I FORCE MYSELF TO WRITE ONE WORD AT A TIME

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 I HAVE BEEN WRITING EVERY DAY THIS MONTH I AM AVERAGING 6 PAGES A DAY TOTAL FOR THIS MONTH TO DATE MARCH 19, 2024 121 PAGES... I AM MOVING RIGHT ALONG I AM ON PAGE 190 OF BOOK 1....THE PREQUIL I ALSO HAVE CAME UP WITH A BETTER BEGINING FOR BOOK 2......I AM STARTING TO WRITE THE OPENING SCENE.... SO I AM WORKING ON BOOK 1 AND TAKING NOTES...JOTTNG DOWN IDEAS ON BOOK 2 I HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS IN MY HEAD THAT I HAVE TO GET ON PAPER HAPPY WRITING ONE WORD AT A TIME

 I HAD AN IDEA FOR A BOOK....BUT THE PAST HAD A MAJOR ROLE IN THE BOOK....SO I STARTED THE PREQUEL....THE HERIONE AT THE AGE 10.....THEN THE PLACE HAD FAMILY HISTORY....NEEDED TO CREATE FAMILY TREE ....AS I DID THIS.....FAMILY SECRETS ROSE UP..... I AM ON PAGE 182 OF THE PREQUEL..... I HAVE WRITTEN 97 PAGES SO FAR THIS MONTH IT IS LIKE THE BOOK IS WRITING ITSELF.....I KEEP WRITING.....THE IDEAS KEEP COMING I HAVE A SENSE THAT I LOST FOCUS OF THE BOOK....NOW SERIES....I AM GOING TO KEEP WRITING....SEE WHERE THE STORY GOES... HAS THIS HAPPENEX TO ANYONE ELSE????

 YESTERDAY I WROTE 10 PAGES IN LONGHAND WHY DO I WRITE IN LONGHAND???? I AM MORE CREATIVE WHEN I WRITE IN LONG HAND......ON THE COMPUTER....I FEEL AS IF IT IS WORK.....I HAVE TO PRODUCE.....IT MUST ME GOOD. WHEN I WRITE IT LONGHAND....I FEEL AS IF I AM FREE TO LET MY MIND FLOW AND GO WHERE MY CHARACTERS TAKE ME ON THE COMPUTER....TO MANY DISTRACTIONS....I GOOGLE ONE THING AND THEN THE NEXT THING I KNOW I HAVE WASTED ALL MY WRITING TIME I AM STICKING WITH MY LONGHAND I HATE TECHNOLOGY.....NOW ALL I NEED IS PEN AND PAPER WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN YOUR COMPUTER DIES....GETS A VIRUS....OR NO WI FI? AS L0NG AS YOU WRITE....THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS WRITE ANYWHERE ANYTIME ONE WORD AT A TIME

I HAVE THIS IDEA FOR A BOOK....DON'T HAVE IT ALL PLOTTED OUT.... I AM CREATING A NEW TOWN....NEW CHARACTERS....LOCALS.. NEW MYTHS AND LEGENDS....THAT GO BACK GENERATIONS SOI NEEDED TO WRITE A PREQUIL....(WHAT HAS HAPPENED, BEFORE THE MAIN STORY STARTS) SO I STARTED IT AND AM NOW ON PAGE 90!!!! PAGE 90!! I AM JUST WRITING TO SEE WHERE THE CHARACTERS TAKE ME LAST NIGHT.....I WAS LIKE......I THINK THIS IS A STAND ALONE BOOK...... NOT SURE THIS IS A GOOD THING OR NOT..... I LIKE THE TOWN I AM CREATING I LIKE THE CHARACTERS I LIKE THE STORY....SO NOW I AM LOOKING AT A 3 BOOK SERIES.....HAVING NO IDEA HOW LONG EACH BOOK WILL BE...THAT WILL BE UP TO THE CHARACTERS..... LAST YEAR...I WROTE A 1,0000 PAGE NOVEL THIS YEAR.....I AM STARTING A 3 BOOK SERIES.! WHO KNEW? THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO WRITE EVERYDAY......AND LET THE CHARCTERS TELL YOUR STORY SO FAR THIS MONTH...I WROTE 34 PAGES......HAND WRITTEN

THE MONTHF FEBRUARY IS GONE AFTER TODAY....THEN A NEW MONTH WILL BEGIN THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY WAS ONLY A PAGE A WEEK....SLOW START...I WROTE EVERY DAY THIS MONTH..... I THINK MY PROBLEM WAS AS I WAS WRITING....I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEIR BACK STORIES WERE....SOME BOOKS I WROTE....IT DIDN'T MATTER THE BACK STORIES OF ALL THE CHARACTERS MATTER THE REASON BEING....IS THE HISTORY OF THE FAMILIES....THE ANCESTORS....THE LEGEND OF THE HOLLER....THE MYTHS OF THE HOLLER......... SO I WAS ON CHAPTER 3..... THEN I STARTED WRITING A PREQUIL....WHEN THE HERIONE WAS TEN.....THEN MY PAGE COUNT PICKED UP.....IT WILL EXPLAIN SO MUCH.....WHY ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.....MESSED UP.. I KNOW SOME SAY DON'T WRITE PREQUILS.....BUT I LIKE THEM.....SO I WRITE THEM TODAY FEBRUARY 29TH 2024 I HAVE WRITTEN 152 PAGES THIS MONTH

 JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU JESUS FORIVES DO YOU FORGIVE? JESUS S COMING REPENT....FORGIVE.....JESUS IS COMING

I HAVE SET ASIDE MY 1,000 PAGE NOVEL....I PLACED IT, ALONG WITH ALL MY NOTES IN A PLASTIC CONTAINTER.....I WRAPPED THE CONTAINER IN BUBBLE WRAP.....WHY YOU ASK? IF THR ROOF LEAKS OR SOMETHING....I DO NOT WANT THE PAGES TO GET WET....IF I MOVE OR SOMETHING....I JUST PICK UP THE CONTAINER AND GO.... SO NOW I AM ON MY NEXT NOVEL... I HAVE TO CREATE A TOWN I HAVE TO CREATE MAPS OF THE TOWN I HAVE TO CREATE HOUSE PLANS, FOR THE MAIN HOUSE IN STORY I HAVE TO CREATE LEGENDS...MYTHS....FOLKLORE ABOUT THE TIME I HAVE TO CREATE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN TOWN I HAVE TO CREATE FAMILY TREES OF MAIN CHARACTERS SO FAR THIS MONTH I HAVE WRITTEN 108 PAGES  RIGHT NOW I AM WORKING ON THE PREQUIL OF THE BOOK WHAT THE TOWN LOOKS LIKE THROUGH A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL THEN 1O OR 15 YEARS LATER.....WHAT THE TOWN IS LIKE THROUGH A 23 YEAR OLD WOMAN...WHO IS A BIT HARDEN BY LIFE...AND FAMILY....WHO HAS TO DECIDE TO FULFILL HER DESTINY OR BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. I AM SLOWLY WORKING ON MAPS....THE HOUSE AND CHARACTER CHARTS

 I HAVE PUT ASIDE MY 1,000 PAGE NOVEL FOR NOW.....I WILL WORK ON THE REWRITE LATER... FOR NOW I HAVE STARTED A NEW NOVEL....AROUND 500 PAGES. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WORLD BUILDING.....MAP DRAWING.....AND MORE IN DEPTH CHARACTERS.... VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS STORY..... I WILL BE BLOGGING EACH STEP I TAKE.... REMEMBER APRIL 8TH...2024....SOLAR ECLIPSE.....ACROSS AMERICA JESUS IS COMING COULD IT HAPPEN APRIL 8TH?? GET ON THE ARK REPENT.......FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR SO AS LONG AS I AM HERE IN THIS PHYSCIAL REALM.....I WILL BE WRITING.....BLOGGING AND LOOKING UP FOR JESUS

18 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN WRITING THE 2ND DRAFT OF MY 1,000 PAGE NOVEL....NOW FEBRUARY 3RD 2024...IT IS FINISHED THE 2ND REWRITE TOOK ME 18 MONTHS..... I WROTE THE FINALE.....NOT SURE I LIKE IT....BUT I WROTE IT... THERE IS ALOT OF WRITING AND REWRITING THAT HAS TO BE DONE.....BUT THIS WAS A PERSONAL GOAL FOR ME TO SEE IF I COULD WRITE A LONGER NOVEL....NOW I KNOW I CAN.....I AM WRITING AN EPILOUGE (SPELLING?)....BUT I WANT THAT TO BE ABOUT AT LEAST 50 PAGES...... I ALSO STARTED WORKING ON THE NEXT NOVEL..... SO I WILL BE WORKING ON THE EPILOUGE AND THE NEW NOVEL..... JUST WANTED TO TELL LET YOU KNOW.... IF I CAN WRITE A 1,000 PAGE NOVEL.....SO CAN YOU ONE WORD AT A TIME....    

 HOW IS YOUR WRITING GOING....YOUR PAGE COUNT?  WORD COUNT? IT IS JANUARY 30 TODAY....JUST HAVE TODAY AND TOMORROW....AND JANUARY IS OVER... AS OF THIS MORNING...I HAVE WRITTEN 202 PAGES THIS MONTH OF JANUARY......30 PAGES OF IT HAS BEENBON MY NEXT NOVEL...... THE STRESS OF THIS COLD WINTER....WEL HOUSE FROZE UP....FURNACE STOPPED WORKING....8 DEGREES WERE THE HIGH FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS......I HAVE SURVIVED....BUT I WORKED ON MY NEW NOVEL....BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER.... I HAVE 70+PAGES LEFT ON MY 1,000 WORD NOVEL.....I HAVE THINK AND CONCENTRATE....WRITING ON THE FINALE OF BOOK....SO I TURNED TOTHE NEXT NOVEL...TO SEE WHERE IT LEADS ME. HOW IS YOUR WRITING GOING....LEAVE A COMMENT....

 

I HAVE 70 MORE PAGES TO WRITE...ALL IN LONG HAND. I HAVE WRITTEN THE LAST SCENE.....THE LAST CHAPTER.....NOW I HAVE TO WRITE THE FINALE ACCORDING TO THE BOOK SAVE THE CAT....WHICH IS MY GO TO BOOK FOR PLOTTING MY NOVELS THE FINALE IS: 1.  GATHER THE TEAM 2.  EXCUTE PLAN 3.  HIGH TOWER SURPRISE (PLAN DOES NOT WORK) 4.  DIG DEEPER DOWN (COME UP WITH NEW PLAN) 5.  EXCUTE PLAN SO THIS IS MY PLAN......I AM GOING TO START WRITING....I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.....I AM GOING TO WRITE.....NO MORE EXCUSES....I AM JUST GOING TO WRITE THE FINALE.... WISH ME LUCK.......    

 AS I WROTE IN MY LAST POST......I AM WRITING THE LAST SCENE....LAST CHAPTER AND EPLIOUGE.....BEFORE I WRITE THE FINAL CONFLICT.... SO I HAVE WRITTEN THE FINAL SCENE I HAVE WRITTEN THE FINAL CHAPTER.....RIGHT BEFORE THE FINAL SCENE... THAT WAS ABOUT 22 PAGES I AM NOW WORKING ON THE EPILOUGE....... I STILL NEED TO WRITE TBE FINAL CONFLICT... SO AT THIS POINT.....I AM AROUND....930 PAGES WRITTEN... 70 PAGES TO GO.... I SHOULD BE EXCITED....BUT KIND OF SCARY.....THE ENDING HAS TO BE GREAT......NOT SURE WHAT THAT WILL BE.....BUT I KEEP WRITING THE LAST PAGES HAVE TO BE GREAT......TO SATIFY THE READER....AND MAKE THE STORY GREAT.....NO PRESSURE....SO I WILL WRITE ON!  

 IN MY LAST POST....I MADE IT TO PAGE 905.....NOW I AM AT THE FINALE.....NEED TO PLOT...NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.... TODAY I WOKE UP AND THOUGHT.....I KNOW THE LAST SCENE.....I KNOW THE EPILOUGE.....SO I AM GOING TO WRITE THE LAST CHAPTER......THE FINAL SCENE.....AND THE EPILOUGE.....THAT WILL KEEP ME BUSY...SAY AROUND 50 + PAGES.... YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE YOUR NOVEL IN ORDER.....SO THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING NOW TODAY...I HAVE WRITTEN 6 PAGES SO FAR KEEP WRITING....ONE WORD AT A TIME  

 I AM STILL PLOTTING THE FINALE.....THE WEATHER HAS BEEN COLD......BELOW FREEZING....WATER FROZE UP.....FURNANCE STOPPED WORKING....NOT TO MENTION TRYING TO KEEP THE ROOSTERS ABD HENS ALIVE.....THEY DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE COOP....FOR 4 DAYS.....THEY ALL ARE ALIVE AND DOING FINE... I HAVN'T BEEN IN THE FRAME OF WRITING TO PLOT.....CRISIS AFTER ANOTHER....BUT....I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY NEXT NOVEL.....WRITING TO SEE WHERE THE STORY TAKES ME I AM WRITING....JUST NOT ON MY 1,OOO PAGE NOVEL....NEED TO PLOT IT OUT....WRITING ON NEXT NOVEL.....I DON'T WANT TO SKIP A DAY OF WRITING AS OF JANUARY 18 2024 ......I HAVE WRITTEN.....133 PAGES THIS MONTH... STAY WARM......KEEP WRITING!

THE LAST 3 DAYS......I HAVE WRITTEN 38 PAGES......I PUSHED MYSELF TO WRITE.....I WANTED TO GET TO PAGE 900.......SO I AM ON PAGE 905 TODAY......I AM AT THE FINALE ....THE 14TH BEAT.....ON SAVE THE CAT..... I AM NOT SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FINALE.....THE LAST 100 PAGES.....SO THIS IS WHERE I AM AT HOW IS YOUR NOVEL GOING??? IF I CAN DO THIS....YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!

 NEW YEAR.......NEW GOALS MY 2 MAIN GOALS IN 2024 1.  FINISH MY 1,000 PAGE NOVEL 2. WRITE ROUGH DRAFT OF NEW NOVEL....500+ PAGES ON MY 1,000 PAGE NOVEL....ON....PAGE 855 ON MY NEW NOVEL...ON PAGE 21 TOTAL PAGE COUNT ON JANUARY 7TH.....66 PAGES...SO FAR I AM WORKING ON BOTH NOVELS....BUT FOCUS MAINLY ON THE 1,000 PAGE NOVEL.....SO CLOSE TO FINISHING THE 2ND ROUGH... SO THAT IS WHERE I AM AT... HOW IS YOUR WRITING GOING...LEAVE A COMMENT!!!