Gaudiloquence and the Frozen Story – Page 2

Spring ILC, Week 6: Is it vacation yet?

Let’s see, how many of my goals did I accomplish this week?-Finish revising the opening scenes and send the revised draft to my contract sponsor: Check!-Write new meeting-Ampersand and meeting-Sinistra scenes: Half-check-Expand outline to include all possible quotes I might want to use: Nnnope-Homework for class: Check!-Make eye doctor appointment: Check!-Use my lunch breaks at work as actual breaksContinueContinue reading “Spring ILC, Week 6: Is it vacation yet?”

Spring ILC, Week 5: Panic

How is the quarter half over already? And why does that happen every single quarter?This week was another tough one. On Wednesday morning on my way to work, I had a panic attack on the bus and had to go home sick, losing all potential productivity for the day. I sometimes feel like I’m jugglingContinueContinue reading “Spring ILC, Week 5: Panic”

Spring ILC, Week 4: I have a really good excuse this week, I swear.

Most of my “free” time this week was used to update my resume and write a cover letter for a promotion at work. I had my interview on Friday and should hear back before the end of this week. Wish me luck!I did churn through 80-something pages in Writing Irresistible Kidlit and several more articles forContinueContinue reading “Spring ILC, Week 4: I have a really good excuse this week, I swear.”

Spring ILC, Week 3: Do the actual work

I did it again—I came to the end of another week without doing any actual revision. So I sat down on Sunday night and pushed out 3 1/2 new pages. (Afterwords my brain was done, so that’s why this reflection is a day late.)The thing is, I could do planning work all day long—worldbuilding, character-building,ContinueContinue reading “Spring ILC, Week 3: Do the actual work”

Spring ILC, Week 2: Planning for the unplanable

I’m such a planner when it comes to short-term stuff like this ILC, or stuff that doesn’t go anywhere without me like my novel. (This is the exact opposite of how I am with long-term life stuff.) It’s only Week 2 and already I’m thinking “I don’t have enough sources for my paper (that IContinueContinue reading “Spring ILC, Week 2: Planning for the unplanable”

Week 2 exercise: TRUCKS

Techniques of Revision Used by Cheryl Klein (TRUCKs) from Second SightTRUCK #1: Write out the story of your book in one sentence.Thirteen-year-old Gaudiloquence must use her gift of storytelling to recover the magical fire stolen from her village and revive her loved ones who have been frozen. Wow, that sounds long and awkward.TRUCK #2: List theContinueContinue reading “Week 2 exercise: TRUCKS”

Spring ILC, Week 1: What the heck is an ILC?

This quarter I’m doing an Independent Learning Project (ILC), Evergreen-speak for doing whatever you want (with faculty support) and getting credit for it. I’d been planning for a while to do an ILC this summer (my last quarter here) to learn about the world of publishing, make professional networking connections, and try to get oneContinueContinue reading “Spring ILC, Week 1: What the heck is an ILC?”