Friday night, the Writer's Octave got together to review the weeks submissions. We had six members there, but only five submissions for the week. (Tsk, tsk.) However, I got some REALLY good feedback on my second chapter of Dragon Couchant and although I normally only do my edits after I finish the story, I wanted to get these incorporated into my story before I forgot all the good points. I have the first half of the edits done and it reads a lot smoother now.
If I had any doubts about this group, the session we had last Friday has more than paid for the time it takes to participate. Everyone has been really good about being able to give advice and take advice in a calm, respectful manner. I think it helps that most of us know each other in real life, so even though we're scattered all over the US, we can see the person on the other side of the computer screen. Some internet critique groups tend to bring out the "Flame Warriors", because they don't see the author as a real person, just a bunch of words on their computer monitors.
Saturday was a "do family stuff day". Found some new furniture we would like to add to the house as well as going shopping for some accessories for
Which brings us to today. I had my Intro to Fiction, Poetry and Drama class this evening. Looks like its going to be a lot of fun. Much more a reading/critiquing class than a writing class, which suits me fine. The drama we're covering this semester is A Midsummer's Night Dream by William Shakespeare (not the Neil Gaiman version). The professor is pretty laid back and seems to know her stuff, which should make this class even more fun.
Being the first night, we got out early, so I got some writing on Dragon Couchant done. Added 1448 words and finished Chapter Four (which introduces the last major protagonist character). I can't wait until the Writer's Octave group gets to this part.
I have my Creative Writing class tomorrow night and my Central Missouri State Alumni Banquet in D.C. on Wednesday. I doubt I'm going to get any serious writing in over the next few days, but all things considered, I'm pretty happy with my production for the month of January. While I'm obviously not up in
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