Day Sixty

DAY SIXTY

Title: 

Dream, Recurring

Logline:

Cynical by nature, a photographer discovers that she's haunted by a being after she starts having a recurring dream, revealing a secret that only the dead know - with the entity bent on keeping it.

Sixty days of editing so far. Wow. Pretty cool. I have to say that this chapter is coming along really well. Good progress today. 

It shows me that I can really write this within a short time frame too. 

The next one will be produced much faster than this. That's for sure. :)

Anyway, moving back to today. Once this chapter is done, I'll have one left.

At that point, as I've said before, I'll make sure the changes that I need to make because of the errors that I have in this one will be done. 

I'll scrub the grammar and should be pretty close to beginning the countdown.

Moving closer. :)

I hope your day is going really well.

Mark

Day Fifty-Nine

DAY FIFTY-NINE

Title:

Dream, Recurring

Logline:

Cynical by nature, a photographer discovers that she's haunted by a being after she starts having a recurring dream, revealing a secret that only the dead know - with the entity bent on keeping it.

Today was a great day in the beginning process of correcting chapter twelve.

The story is really coming together and I have a sense that wrapping it up is going to be awesome.

I think you'll enjoy it. :)

After this one, is the last chapter of the book to correct. I'm really looking forward to this.

I'm confident that once everything is together it will make every bit a great story. One that you'll want to read more than once.

At least that's my hope.

The interesting thing when I say that is that I feel it's taking a life of it's own. I won't have any control as to what will happen. Finally, it'll be read by more than just me and my editor. :)

Anyway, I just wanted you to know that it has begun in earnest. I also hope that your day is going by really well.

Mark

Day Fifty-Eight

DAY FIFTY-EIGHT


Title:

Dream, Recurring

Logline:

Cynical by nature, a photographer discovers that she's haunted by a being after she starts having a recurring dream, revealing a secret that only the dead know - with the entity bent on keeping it.


Well, chapter twelve has officially begun. The editing notes from the first draft and the new formatting is complete. It's now ready to begin the rewriting. 

I'm allowing a full seven days from now on to do the work in this section.

The reason for this is because at this stage the the storyline is so different that most, if not all of this one will need to be completely changed.

Isn't that going to slow you down?

Yes and no.

Yes, because I really wanted to be done with this major overhaul by the end of February. Then, I thought in my mind, by the end of this month. Which isn't going to happen. Lol.

No, because I know it will be so worth it. The time it takes me to make sure I'm producing a story that I've always wanted to tell and pushing myself to make it the best it can be, will only help you enjoy it even more.

I really feel I've been answering this call this time round.

The really cool thing is, I've realized that I can write my story much faster than the first draft. Wow!

That part's cool.

However, I also have to acknowledge that it's better planning too which has caused me to ensure every book/story I write will have the same structure involved. The process is as follows:

Title.
Logline.
Synopsis.
Treatment (of each act).
General Outline.
Novel/Story.

I think that doing this will help me develop clarity before I even put "pen-to-paper" on the book.

It will also help the editing curve too. Since I should, in theory, have a well constructed tale.

Anyway, I hope your Monday is going well (or whatever day it is for you) :) .

I look forward to talking to you tomorrow.

Mark

Day Fifty-Seven

DAY FIFTY-SEVEN

Title:

Dream, Recurring

Logline:

Cynical by nature, a photographer discovers that she's haunted by a being after she starts having a recurring dream, revealing a secret that only the dead know - with the entity bent on keeping it.

This is an amazing day as I have just finished the eleventh chapter! Woohoo! 

Onto the next. Wow!

That's huge for me. Plus very helpful. 

Two more to go and I'll have the major rewriting done. Hopefully there won't be too many corrections from my amazing editor. Lol.

I don't really care about that because I know this book has shaped into the kind of story I always wanted to tell here. Actually it's much more than that.

So what happens when I have this rewriting done?

Good question. 

Well, I'll make the minor changes that my wife noticed in the earlier chapters, which won't take nearly as long.

Then I'll scrub it for grammatical errors.

Once that's done, it'll be ready to copyright and I'll be able to have someone read it through for the first time.

This proofreading will help me ensure that I'm not missing anything and that'll really be the first time anyone will have read it through (besides editing). :)

This is perfect timing.

I'm growing in excitement as it moves closer to being able to finally begin countdown and finally launching the book.

Anyway, I hope your day is going really well and I look forward to talking to you tomorrow!

Mark

Day Fifty-Six

DAY FIFTY-SIX

Title: 

Dream, Recurring

Logline: 

"Cynical by nature, a photographer discovers that she's haunted by a being after she starts having a recurring dream, revealing a secret that only the dead know - with the entity bent on keeping it."

Okay well, I've managed to move through three quarters of this chapter now. Which may mean that I'll be done with this one tomorrow. If not, should definitely be the following day.

This is awesome! Especially if I can finish it tomorrow. That'll put me three whole days ahead of schedule on this section. 

It seems that because my sole focus is getting the rewriting down and complete, so my wife can do her thing, I'm finding no time to get the website up.

However, it also means that I'll have created the space for it as I wait for her to move through the rest of the book. :)

This will be a good thing as I want to get that going as quickly as I can. Plus of course I need to finish the cover.

The sooner I can get it so you can take a look at that and possibly follow me from there the better. Lol.

Anyway, I hope your day is going awesome!

Mark 

Day Fifty-Five

DAY FIFTY-FIVE

Title: 

Dream, Recurring

Logline: 

"Cynical by nature, a photographer discovers that she's haunted by a being after she starts having a recurring dream, revealing a secret that only the dead know - with the entity bent on keeping it."

Welcome to Tuesday (at least it is where I am. Lol.)

So I'm already halfway through the eleventh chapter. This part of the old story only needs some small tweaks to bring it up to the current story-line.

It's awesome to feel that I'm working at a brisk pace on this one. The sooner the better. Lol.

The quicker I reach chapter twelve, the faster I finish. :)

I hope all is well with you today. 

I'm learning a new style of marketing (well new for me anyway). I think that it'll really help me create some solid momentum for the launch.

Learning and acting on that, along with the other things I need to do before the book goes on sale is fun and exciting!

Well, I hope you have a fantastic day!

Mark

Days Fifty-Two, Fifty-Three And Fifty-Four

DAYS FIFTY-TWO, FIFTY-THREE AND FIFTY-FOUR

Title: 

Dream, Recurring

Logline: 

"Cynical by nature, a photographer discovers that she's haunted by a being after she starts having a recurring dream, revealing a secret that only the dead know - with the entity bent on keeping it."

I know it's been a while since my last post but I do have some really good progress to report.

Firstly, I've finished the major overhaul of chapter ten! Woohoo!

Secondly I'm making great advancement with the eleventh chapter. Whew!

In this new one I've already formatted and corrected any notes that were made from the first draft and now I'm already a quarter the way through this one.

If I can keep at a brisk(ish) pace, I might see myself completing this sooner than seven days. (Here's hoping!)

After this I'll have only two left and the need to get my website active so you can take a look at that too.

Of course I'll make any minor corrections that will be needed to get it finally polished to the point where I think you'll really enjoy it.

And then, the countdown will begin!

Anyway, I hope today is an amazing day for you! Wherever you are.

Mark