Since time I posted about my collo project, I have started another chapter and have gone back to edit more. I am on page 171. One of my goals for the future are not only to continue writing, but to find more people willing to read it so that I can see how an audience respond to it. I am excited about having the opportunity to come back and read the posts when I am done about how my novel grew.
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My twenty hours have long since passed on my collo project of writing my novel. As of this point, I am 162 pages in. I can see the finish line to having a full draft of the story, but I'm not there yet. I have faith, though.
This has been almost a five year journey through one brainstorming, the first full draft, massive editing, and now a very different second draft. I've cut characters, killed some people, and explored topics that I never would have when I was younger. Most importantly, I have to thank my beloved editors (even if one of them doesn't know how to use commas, but I still find her invaluable) for reading and rereading. Thank you to Makena who slapped me when I said that I was going to delete fifty pages. I needed that. Also, thank you for not slapping me when what I wrote made you cry. Here is a Makena editing montage of part two of the novel. I went to see Something Rotten: The Musical at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina. It is a play about Shakespeare's failing completion: the Bottom brothers. Nick, the older brother, seeking his break, hires a fortune teller with his family's savings without telling the rest of his family. Nick and the fortune teller try to discover the plot of what will be Shakespeare's most famous play. They discover Hamlet, but a lot of it gets lost in translation. Instead of Hamlet, they write the Tragedy of Omelette. Also, they discover the art of the musical, something Shakespeare never did. My favorite song was "It's Hard to be the Bard," which is sung by a disgruntled Shakespeare and includes him screaming at his pen. I feel that on an emotional level. Also, now I have a song to listen to while I write papers. Actually pretty well. I'd been stuck on one chapter for two months. I'd rewritten in five times. I had over sixty pages of work on one chapter. It was kicking my butt, but I think I've found the problem. I've decided to go on for now and go back to it, given that usually I go back once a later part of the story is settled and tweak some things anyways. I shall continue the good fight!
Bob Ross had his happy little trees, and now I have my happy little play. This was a fantastic break in my week. Even if I did see the guy who played Wilbur eating a hotdog the next day, this play is a very happy moment in my freshman year. It reminds me of all the fantastic friends I have made and how important they are to me.
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Kyla
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