Monthly Archives: October 2012

Wrote 235 words for Elin. The scene with Walter and his lieutenants, and started a scene with Geoffrey. But the most of today’s time went to reading and reviewing someone else’s extract on YouWriteOn.com. Still waiting for Elin’s second review. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote 848 words. The bedchamber scene is OK I think. Added some bits to Walter’s scene with his lieutenants, wrote/re-wrote part of Elin’s dream. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote 626, not all of which went into the total as I also cut quite a lot. Am back in the bedchamber with Helena, Meg and Nell. Not happy. Re-writing. Also re-wrote the first section putting it into the past tense. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote 1345 words – Helena’s letter to her mother describing her situation. This forms the beginning of Part 2. I reworked the earlier draft (see link ‘My Dearest Mother’ to the left) and tried to remove all anachronisms. Elin’s extract on You Write On received it’s first review. The reviewer didn’t like my use of […]

Wrote 385 words – polishing and adding to bedchamber scene with Helena, Meg and Nell. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Reviewed the points I wanted to get into Part 1, identified the bits that I haven’t yet dealt with. Wrote 1033 words – continuation of bedchamber scene with Helena, Meg and Nell. Constructed this page for my website. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote 629 words – Walter’s conversation with his men. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Finished reviewing the revised You Write On version. Reinserted two passages I had edited out to bring the extract under 7000 words. Printed out the extract (26 pages) and posted it to my mother as promised. Where to go next? Walter needs attention. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Reviewed the revised YouWriteOn version. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Uploaded revised version of the first 7000 words of Elin’s Story to the You Write On site for peer review and scoring. To read this extract follow the link below and click on ‘I want to read sample chapters from this book.’ NB: Unless you are signed up with YouWriteOn you won’t be able to […]