Day - 274

Challenge accepted! Challenge completed!

I've been writing like a madman the last few days and have reached my goal of hitting the 185 page count mark before the end of the year. As a matter of fact, I'm at 188 pages. Writing 23 pages in just over 3 days is not too shabby in my opinion.

So where does that leave me in terms of finishing Red Bow 2.0? I would like to reach the 250 page mark. That means that I have 62 pages left to write. Then, there is the fun part of self-editing and then rearranging scenes and filling in any holes that may surface in the plot line. I think this is a very doable goal and am going to go out on a limb here and challenge myself to write the remaining 62 pages before January 10th. Why January 10th? Well that is when I'm going to be going out of town for a small road trip/vacation and I'd like to be finished with a completed rough draft or at least very, very close to finishing before I leave. Can I really write 62 pages in 11 days? I'm not sure, but I'm going to try my best to reach that goal. Let's see what happens. I'm in the home stretch and I can taste the finish line on this second novel.

Red Bow 2.0 Page Count = 188 pages

I write because I care and drugs are bad......

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Day - 272 (Special Interview)

Special Interview

I am happy to post a special interview I had with the star of "Red Bow," Bow! It took some work, but I was able to work out a deal with his agent to get a few moments of his time. Just a fair warning, Bow can be crass at times, so if explicit language hurts your ear, you may want to skip over this interview. The link for the interview transcript is at the bottom of the page.

On a side note, I'm ten pages closer to my goal of 185 by the end of the year.

Red Bow 2.0 Page Count = 175 pages

Interview With Bow

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Day - 270

Plugging Away

I've been able to make some decent progress this week, even with the holidays taking place. Word on the street is that this next week, I might have a special guest interview that I'm going to be able to post. I'm very excited about it. The person I'm going to be interviewing is a very busy person, so it will be a real treat to get a few minutes alone and ask some burning questions that I have.

One of the characters that I've been focusing on this week is Detective Davis. I'm really enjoying developing his character. He has surprised me with how his character progresses throughout the book. There are a few more touches I need to add to him before I move on to Detective Sanchez. I am VERY excited to develop his character some more because he is an integral part of "Untitled."

With the last week of the year approaching, I am eager to hit the 185 page mark before the start of 2011. It's time to dig down deep and write like a madman!

Red Bow 2.0 Page Count = 165 pages

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Day - 265

Bow For The Holidays

I have gotten completely enveloped by the RB 2.0 revisions this last week. I have a very solid outline of scenes and am working on actually writing out these scenes every day. One thing that I decided to do was to describe, in detail, Bow's first kill. Well that is kind of obvious because I should be describing all of the kills, but the first is of significant importance because it is the lead domino that sets off a chain reaction for the rest of the story. I shed some light on how Bow thinks and how he feels. I've often wondered....What goes through a serial killers mind when he's getting ready to kill someone?

That question has always haunted me because I can't even begin to fathom what goes through a deranged person's mind as they're committing such horrendous acts of evil. I attempt to answer this question in a flashback scene of Bow's first kill. Additionally, I attempt to explain why Bow uses red bows on all of his victims. Oh believe me, there is a reason that he chooses to decorate the bodies with this otherwise festive material.

On a final note, Red Bow takes place in the month of December, around the holidays, so my daily quote that I've been keeping in the back of my mind as I write is "Bow For The Holidays." I am the writer who is thinking like Bow for the sake of the story. So in essence, I'm "Bow For The Holidays." Don't worry, I'm not going to start offing people. I'm simply stating that I'm further immersing myself into this story and the writing process to try to produce a better end product. Let's see if it actually pays off.

Red Bow 2.0 Page Count = 145 pages

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Writing Exercise (CH3EX3)

This writing exercise builds off of the last two exercises and puts the character, Stacy, in a scene where she has to interact in some type of conflict where the other person is they type of person who doesn't forgive easily.

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Writing Exercise (CH3EX2)

This writing exercise builds off of CH3EX1 and puts the character in a situation where three different options can occur.

Ch3-EX2

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Writing Exercise (CH3EX1)

This writing exercise is about creating a story from three events.

Ch3-EX1

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