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Today I've had a great writing day. A Great Writing Day!

Yesterday I took the first chapter of my YA steampunk WIP, A Flight of Thieves, and I took several crits from friends, and I took all the thinking I've been doing about it while I recovered from the lurgy over this past week. I put them in a bag and shook them all together for a minute. Then I sat down and dedicated the entire day to rewriting that big and slightly flabby opening chapter into two smaller (and tighter and faster, I hope) chapters. Last night I sent them off to my critters and went to bed a happy man.

This morning I was still excited about Flight. And that's always a good thing. But better was to come.

At lunchtime I had one of those moments of sudden inspiration. It grew from a single line in Chapter 2, something not-quite-but-almost throwaway that meant something small when I first wrote it but suddenly shone a light of potential into my eyes. I sat back and pondered it for a few minutes, and liked what started surfacing in my brain. So I dived into research and spent the whole afternoon brainstorming.

The story just got bigger. It got a lot bigger, in the sense that it got a whole lot deeper for the heroine.

This morning I was excited about Flight. This evening I'm head over heels in love with it.

I love my job!

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From:[info]naomi_jay
Date: February 9th, 2010 09:16 pm (UTC)
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Sounds like time well spent indeed! Go you!
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From:[info]david_bridger
Date: February 10th, 2010 09:55 am (UTC)
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Thank you!
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From:[info]jongibbs
Date: February 9th, 2010 09:19 pm (UTC)
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Yay!

Also, great icon :)
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From:[info]david_bridger
Date: February 10th, 2010 09:56 am (UTC)
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He's brilliant, isn't he? :)
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From:[info]karen_w_newton
Date: February 10th, 2010 04:21 am (UTC)
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I love it when a book comes together!
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From:[info]david_bridger
Date: February 10th, 2010 10:01 am (UTC)
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So do I! :)
From:[info]ellsea.wordpress.com
Date: February 10th, 2010 10:03 am (UTC)
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YAY! There's nothing more fun than sitting at a desk inventing whole universes ... and it's unbeatable when you get those great insights.
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From:[info]david_bridger
Date: February 10th, 2010 10:06 am (UTC)
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It's the best job in the world, isn't it?
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From:[info]chipmunk_planet
Date: February 10th, 2010 04:09 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations!
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From:[info]david_bridger
Date: February 10th, 2010 05:35 pm (UTC)
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Thank you!
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