Two months ago, I made a deal with my writing partners. We
were all at LTUE, and after hearing different conversations about the
importance of writing groups and writing partners, we realized we needed to do
more. As we were driving home, we made a deal with one another. We all set a
realistic goal to finish by April 1st, the beginning of Camp
NaNoWriMo.
After that, we met twice a week to write and work on our
goals.
Now I’ve never really had writing partners like this. I’ve
had beta readers, and I love them to death, but this is totally different.
These are people who know me, my writing style, and my story intimately. I can
ask them advice on literally anything in the writing process, and I hope they
feel the same way with me. I can’t even count the number of roadblocks they’ve
helped me get through.
Plus, it’s fun to have someone who understands my crazy
brain.
A few weeks ago, I got a random text from one of my writing
partners. She knows how much I love fairy tale retellings, and all she wrote
was: What if Cinderella is a code name for an arsonist? That one question led
to an hour-long discussion on a possible story from that idea.
A few nights ago, as I was mulling over a story idea, I found
a shoe brand called the Golden Goose, which was exactly what the story needed.
I was so excited, I immediately wrote both of my writing partners and we
started talking about story ideas again.
So how did I do on my goal? I was enthused, and excited to
work on my rewrite. I added a whole lot of stuff, and I ended up increasing the
word count from 75,000 to 111,000. I was kind of shocked by how much I was able
to accomplish, and I finished before my April 1 deadline.
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| Final word count on 3/26 |
I’ve got to say,
having writing partners makes the whole process much more fun, and definitely
more enjoyable!
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