I’ve finished chapter 2 of Project Succession.
I shall start chapter 3 tomorrow.
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on this the final day of november, I will attempt to write.
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I’m LOVING writing in first person. This feeling that Project Succession has given me is something that I truly needed. I miss this feeling. I wish every story I work on gave me the same good feeling that Project Succession gives me.
I’m going to be sad when I finish the book series.
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How would you insert backstories/flashbacks into a story based around character development? 
they don’t have to be whole chapters, right? It could be a few paragraphs, something like:
He remembers it clearly, like it was yesterday. The year was 1986, and it was the week after this 26th Birthday. Edwina had been the guest of honor… (etc)
Or even a reference like:
He hadn’t changed much in 17 years. Except for his waistline. To him, he was still the same larger-than-life character who’d waltzed into his studio looking for a day’s wage.
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Pretty much. You don’t necessarily need a whole chapter dedicated to backstory. Especially if there are real-time events happening, and you don’t want to disrupt the flow/ momentum of the story.
(Though I personally have pages and chapters of backstory/ flashbacks. Artistic liberty of fragmentary novels baby!! I aim to disrupt the story and frustrate and alienate the reader)
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Now I am done with chapter four for Project Succession and I’ve reached over 15k.
I’m beat!
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I’ve for sure read some really good random flashbacks in the middle of chapters or as beginnings that lead into the circumstances of a chapter! The worlds your oyster!
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I’ve hit a slump on my story. It’s so close to done but it’s in a really awkward spot and I’m just not super inspired right now. It’s also looking like it’s going to potentially be a lot shorter than I had in mind. But…i might finish this soon like…dang.
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I am so tired today. Taking a break from job seeking so I can check out scribophile again. Might be able to get some eyes on my poetry chapbook. I think I abandoned it because you can post work for others to critique based on karma points which you get when you critique other people’s work. But the points don’t necessarily match the volume of work so you can critique a super long chapter versus a short poem and still get the same number of points? So it can be a lot of work across several people’s posts just to be able to post ONE thing up for critique.
But it’s been a while, so I’ll take a glance. 
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I finished chapter 5 of Project Succession.
I’m exhausted.
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I’m done with writing chapter 6 for Project Succession.
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Working on a chapter in my prequel novel called “Betrothed” (temporary title). I tried this new tea sample yesterday and I swear, it cured amnesia I didn’t know I had! I remembered 3 projects I worked on at my old job that I didn’t add to my portfolio and was like, why the heck did I forget working on these! So I updated my personal website, and I was on a roll. The tea seemed to help my writing too.
I ordered a whole box. 
Let’s hope it wasn’t a one time effect. In case anyone’s interested: Robot or human?
I was like omg, I’m writing all poetic and it’s… not that bad. 
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Done with rewriting chapters 5 and 6 to how it should be for Project Succession.
Very pleased with that.
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Someone asked me what I’m trying to convey with Project Red in terms of having Jorildyn tell her story, which has me thinking so much about the story as a whole.
I think I’ve been wanting Jorildyn to tell her story because it’s so cool to have her tell it. But I can’t think that way, so I plan on telling the story through Anjan’s POV while still having Jorildyn as another main character.
Maybe I cannot have her as this evil protagonist hell bent on getting revenge. Though when I think about it, the objective of the story was to tell “what happens when evil is so close and hidden from you?” in there.
I am still pondering the idea of what to do for Project Red as a whole. I might have to change a lot of things for this story.
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That sounds like what will help you clarify what direction you should go in. If that’s the theme of your story, then try writing with that goal in mind. 
I’ve been trying to do something similar. Not easy but meh.
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I started formatting my first poetry chapbook on Draft2Digital. Kept finding mistakes in my manuscript that required me to re-upload the doc every time. Got a little annoyed and took a break. Same on Kindle Creator. I was hoping to push my e-book out into the world this weekend, but formatting is taking a lot more time than I thought. 
Got a headache now so no work on Betrothed today. 
I’ve been thinking about it a lot too. (sigh) Back to looking for work and work-related stuff tomorrow.
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Finally, I know what to do with Project Red, though I might start later on.
I’m still on chapter seven for Project Succession which is a bit of a bummer, but I’m not going to let that bother me too much.
That’s all I got!
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I’ve been avoiding writing a chunk of my Betrothed novel towards the end because it’s when a character dies, and the aftermath. I love this character so much that I legit cry when trying to write… That’s how I know he has to die. Or else the other novel that I already finished the first draft of, doesn’t exist.
I make myself feel better by writing some scenes in an AU novel that I may or may not finish, one where he doesn’t die. But yeah… whole other can of worms. It’s basically an AU version of the completed novel. Yep. I’m a hot mess. 
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Hi 
I feel like I’ve seen you more recently, but that’s probably because I was looking at old posts 
Sounds awesome! I’m also gearing up to sending out a poetry collection next year as an E-book through Draft2Digital. How many poems will you have for your collection?
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