BIG NEWS: I'm Starting Book 4

  I know! I know! It wasn't an easy matter of changing my mind, nor was it a plot to make people go bonkers and scream, "But you just spent so much time trying to decide, you even wrote a whole post debating the decision!!!" I merely couldn't control myself. And maybe that's a good thing.
   When I was writing G3:DF, only one or two times did I actually have a real problem with writers' block. I'd just fix it by taking a little break, do other things, [eat,] daydream [events in the book], and read a few or more pages before where I got stuck (I do this whenever I sit down to write, too).
  Otherwise, when I write, I'm always thinking ahead: I daydream one or more steps ahead, then it sort of plays out in my mind as I'm writing. You can say that I tend to come up with things on the spot after I give my imagination a little push. Who's inside my head when I'm pushing I have no idea, but somehow it works. Maybe that's the way highly productive, published writers poop out their books, but if you ask me, I think it's hard no matter what. Because us writers, like the average human beings, have the same puckered-lips-shaped anuses which therefore makes it hard to pass through books. Books are hard, too. Not very soft, and very dry.
  *Pardon my weirdness in this post. I'm sitting in the hot sun, too lazy to move to the shade, and so the heat is frying my brain. It's always these reasons why I may say or write wild/crazy/creative things: Overheated, dehydrated, tired, it's late at night, or I'm feeling hyper and talkative.*
  Anyway, so... I'm going to take a little break.

Minutes later...

...Alright! The new blog for book 4 is up!
Check it out: http://writinglog-g4o-jenniferfulk.blogspot.com/

I'll still update this writing log when I eventually sit down to revise, edit, and proofread book 3.

I FINISHED IT!!!!

  After a year and almost a month of writing, I've finally finished this book. WOW. From June 20th, 2013 til July 14th, 2014 I have been writing day and [mostly] night, and now I am finished.
  But! Now I need to revise, edit, and proofread. Fun? Sure, but the writing process was more fun. I don't know how long it will take for me to do it but I have a darned feeling that I'll be starting on the 4th book before I do that. I don't know.
  My original plan was to read an entire book, but I might surprise myself. (I've had reader's block for four years ever since I hatched from writers' block and I have yet to see if I'm going to break from it.)
  My options:

• Read a book(s)
• Revise, edit, proofread G3:DF
• Start writing G4:O
• All of the above (or two)

Why read a book(s):

1. I'm ashamed to admit that I really haven't read too many books. Most of the ones I recall reading are children's books, which is funny (and not) because here I am 22 and... uh, so yeah. *Ahem* It's kind of a miracle that I got so much better at writing (I was terrible at it when I was 13) within two years. I guess it's because I've always kind of had it in me, being a big daydreamer and having wild "sleepdreams" and all.
2. The only big names in fantasy I've read really are just Paolini and Nix.
3. I have not read the Harry Potter series. Shame on me. I plan on reading them all.
4. I want to read a book.

Why revise, edit, and proofread "G3:DF":

1. It would almost be better to do that than get distracted with another story, as then I'd lose the feel of G3:DF and keep thinking about the other story.
2. I want to do this. There are things I really, really, really want to fix/do, first.

Why start "G4:O":

1. Since I ended "G3:DF", I know what happens next. ("G4:O" begins straight off the ending of "G3:DF".)
2. I'm excited and impatient, which is probably not the best thing.

  Okay! I've decided! (Haha, you just saw the way I make decisions when I'm not compulsive and without a computer. I make my best decisions in this way.) I'll read a book AND revise, etc. I'm not sure how that'll play out, but I'll do both at different times of the day and/or on different days. 

  

  Lol You should have seen my happy dance when I finished the book today. Too bad my camera got destroyed when my mom fell in a 3-foot hole full of water and seaweed [at the beach] last week or I would've recorded it for you. Oh well. 

  Party time! This is what I was happy-dancing to:

http://youtu.be/ircIECJ-NyM

July 2014

  Woohoo!
  No, I haven't finished it yet. It looks like I'm getting a job at a library as a Children's Page!
Blah. I don't know what to put here, still. I'm eating pound cake (July 12th) right now. My friend made it, and it's delicious! Still hot from the oven.
  Okay, I'm going through a lazy moment right now, which means it's probably not the best time to write the beginning of this post right now. Hee hee!
  Awesome news! I think I'm about 2-4 chapters away from finishing this book! When I'm done, my original plan was to read a book and take a break from my stories, but I don't think that'll work (as you can see, I'm very passionate about it!), so I think I'll read a book and work on revising, editing, and proofreading. Although I'm not as good an editor so as to become one, I can still do a lot to fix writing up pretty well. So, that's what I'm going to do. I'll blog that part, too, as I'll be taking unneeded stuff out and adding some in. I'll let you know when I finish it, though! Thanks for being part of this!



Words Written    (Difference f/           Words              Date          Time Stopped           Day
Each Day               Last)
_______________________________________________________________________
2,594                    (+776)                 393,105               1               3:49 AM                193
528                       (-2,066)               396,633               2               1:22 AM                194
3,223                    (+2,695)              399,856              [2]              8:20 PM               [194]
1,132                    (-2,091)               400,988               3               1:01 PM                 195
1,284                    (+152)                 402,272               4               2:07 AM                 196
4,017                    (+2,733)              406,289               5               11:59 PM                197
820                       (-3,197)               407,109               6               1:43 AM                 198
2,682                    (+1,862)               409,791              7                3:21 AM                 199
1,081                    (-1,601)                410,872             [7]              3:06 PM                 [199]
                                                                                     8               11:59 PM                 200
3,821                    (+2,740)               414,693               9               1:50 AM                  201
2,210                    (-1,611)                416,903              11              4:30 PM                  202
2,116                    (-94)                     419,019              12              1:45 AM                  203
2,194                    (+78)                    421,213              [12]            9:50 PM                 [203]
1,374                    (-820)                   422,587               14             7:00 PM                  204



O_O I finished it. I... really finished it.