https://escapewindow.com/tags/rye/ Recent content in rye on Escape(Window) Hugo -- gohugo.io en Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2025-01-31-january-in-writing/ Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2025-01-31-january-in-writing/ Third Draft The 2nd POV continues. At the beginning of the month, I was going slowly; I had hit the section of Act Two that I had heavily refactored, so I was largely writing scenes from scratch. I finally caught up to the parts that had largely stayed the same, and I sped up significantly. And then, as of the past week or so, I’ve slowed back down: I’m hitting Act 3 and the climactic scenes, which always slow me down. https://escapewindow.com/blog/2024-12-31-december-in-writing/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2024-12-31-december-in-writing/ Third Draft Progress is slow but consistent. The holidays provided this month’s distraction. Our local dog park is temporary closed, so we now drive to a larger but further park, which eats up a large chunk of daylight, but most of the time seeing Rye that happy is the highlight of my day. And we’re getting ready for a very exciting January distraction :) Finishing the First POV The climactic scenes took a lot longer, as usual. https://escapewindow.com/blog/2024-10-31-october-in-writing/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2024-10-31-october-in-writing/ Ready or not There’s a lot more I want to do with pre-third-draft worldbuilding, outlining, and planning. But I’ve hit an enthusiasm gap – my productivity has fallen off drastically for a number of reasons, and I know I see a lot of this work as chores and housekeeping rather than creative work. I decided mid-month that I’m going to get back to editing and drafting come November, whether I’m fully ready or not. https://escapewindow.com/blog/2024-04-30-april-in-writing/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2024-04-30-april-in-writing/ Still slowly but surely From April 23: Since then, I edited 7 scenes from the 2nd POV, bringing me to 37 scenes out of 98 completed for Draft 2.5. At this average rate, I’ll finish sometime in August. But if I keep up the scene per day from the past week, I may finish at the end of July. First person I also dabbled a bit with converting the 1st POV from third-person limited, past-tense into first person, past-tense. https://escapewindow.com/blog/2024-03-31-march-in-writing/ Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2024-03-31-march-in-writing/ Slowly but surely I’m drafting again. Slower than I want to be, but I think the quality is higher. (Sometimes I’ve gone back to my first draft to rewrite a scene, and I’ve ended up throwing it out completely. Better to start from scratch on those than try to rescue any words.) The new structure seems to be working so far. The alarm bells that went off during the first draft, warning me that the story just isn’t working, have been relatively quiet.