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by JustSarah
May 11th, 2014, 2:33 am
Forum: Writing
Topic: Rubik's Cube Plotting in 9 Easy Steps
Replies: 7
Views: 7034

Re: Rubik's Cube Plotting in 9 Easy Steps

I'll have to try this method, thanks. I might have to use several of these (as I tend to work with an episodic structure.)
by JustSarah
October 30th, 2012, 6:50 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: How long do you take to finish a draft/ WIP?
Replies: 26
Views: 22530

Re: How long do you take to finish a draft/ WIP?

I think if I got my but in gear, I could get a chapter done in a week. And then that means most of the novel done in a month. Its just making myself write 1643 words a day that's tricky. That would mean 11 outlines.
by JustSarah
October 30th, 2012, 3:53 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Does YA or Adult fiction,
Replies: 6
Views: 3560

Re: Does YA or Adult fiction,

Yea I'm leaning toward adults are dead situation. (Adults are alive in part one and two, and the early parts of three. Its a six parter.)
by JustSarah
October 30th, 2012, 3:09 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: Anna's Nuclear Winter - Alternate History/Paramilitary SF
Replies: 2
Views: 2527

Re: Anna's Nuclear Winter - Alternate History/Paramilitary SF

Sort of like this? Also yes! Judge Dred is awesome.:P I'll probably post the plot outline later.
by JustSarah
October 29th, 2012, 1:44 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Official NaNoWriMo 2012 Thread
Replies: 42
Views: 28167

Re: Official NaNoWriMo 2012 Thread

I guess that makes me a Nano rebel.D: I'm doing it to complete a collection of 11,500 word novellettes. And I'm still having to outline like crazy using writing software. I might also teach myself photography to, since I seem to write with pictures. Unfortunately not to many nuclear wastelands aroun...
by JustSarah
October 29th, 2012, 12:54 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Official NaNoWriMo 2012 Thread
Replies: 42
Views: 28167

Re: Official NaNoWriMo 2012 Thread

Project: Anna's Nuclear Winter
Word Count Goal:138,000 words (Or 11,500 words per chapter.)

My main goal this year is mostly to get the first short done. I need to buy a how to write short fiction book in the mean time.
by JustSarah
October 29th, 2012, 2:22 am
Forum: Writing
Topic: Should queries,
Replies: 6
Views: 3350

Re: Should queries,

I was considering making it a YA-16, as suppose to YA-13. Or there a distinction between the two?
by JustSarah
October 28th, 2012, 9:33 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: How many Characters do you have?
Replies: 34
Views: 22851

Re: How many Characters do you have?

I don't know about last name, but I agree about how they should all have backstories. Uh, the question was for how many characters you should have, not whether they should have last names.
by JustSarah
October 28th, 2012, 8:13 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: How many Characters do you have?
Replies: 34
Views: 22851

Re: How many Characters do you have?

Per 11,500 words, would 7 characters be considered to many? That might make 28 characters all around, but 7 main characters. I'm sort of in the profile writing part at this point, its sometimes hard writing a profile for more than seven characters.
by JustSarah
October 28th, 2012, 6:24 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Does YA or Adult fiction,
Replies: 6
Views: 3560

Re: Does YA or Adult fiction,

Well there is a guardian, thats the issue. He just kind of dissappears mid book. Its slowly becomes sort of like a teenage wasteland.
by JustSarah
October 28th, 2012, 5:42 pm
Forum: Books
Topic: What are you reading now?
Replies: 528
Views: 307833

Re: What are you reading now?

I'm currently reading Dune, but I'm being distracted by other things.D: I'm going to buy Count Zero, and Monalisa Overdrive as soon as I have money.
by JustSarah
October 28th, 2012, 5:30 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Does YA or Adult fiction,
Replies: 6
Views: 3560

Does YA or Adult fiction,

Generally tend to switch over mid book? I have a situation sort of, where the main girl is coping with loss without her guardian around mid novellette. (The second 5,750 words.) From that point it become sort of a military sf coming of age story. In fact by the first 5,750 words, the main boys mothe...
by JustSarah
October 28th, 2012, 5:18 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: Anna's Nuclear Winter - Alternate History/Paramilitary SF
Replies: 2
Views: 2527

Anna's Nuclear Winter - Alternate History/Paramilitary SF

I'll try to get some crits down when I get around to it.^_- I'm just inexperienced, anyway this is the current query for story one I'm working with. (For story one of eight.) Story One Dear Agent, In a country torn apart by electromagnetic and nuclear war, biological illness, and a military dictator...
by JustSarah
October 28th, 2012, 4:48 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Should queries,
Replies: 6
Views: 3350

Re: Should queries,

I could always try to post it in Fantasy and Science fiction. By the way, is it weird for a short story to have a direct sequel(s)?
by JustSarah
October 28th, 2012, 4:17 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: How many Characters do you have?
Replies: 34
Views: 22851

Re: How many Characters do you have?

Well like when my book is finally finished, its supposed to be around 142,000 words. But each story might have a separate cast of 7 or so characters. (That would make around 56 main characters.)