creative writing – Page 2 – Ruth Livingstone

15K in May: writing under pressure

Writing Towards 15 Thousand Words

Crime fiction (Birkbeck assignment) = 999 words, after editing.
Ruthless Scribbling blog posts = 819 words
Ruthless Reading blog post = 467 words
Ruth’s Coastal Walk blog posts = 4,377 words
Historic fiction (Birkbeck assignment) = 993 words, before final edit
Total = 7,655 words

Here is my latest progress meter. This one is courtesy of Word Meter on Critique Circle.

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15K in May: writing off to a good start

The challenge is to write 15 thousand words by the end of May. The words can be fiction or blog posts, new writing or editing of old work.

When I set out, I intended to write 15K of my unfinished novel. However, true to my procrastinating nature, I have written Continue reading “15K in May: writing off to a good start”

Putting it off…

Final part of the final assessment for my Open University course (A174 Start Writing Fiction) is due in at the end of this week. Friday lunchtime, to be exact.

I am trying to avoid tinkering right up to the deadline.

But I can’t bring myself to submit it. Maybe I will miss that one typo? Or maybe I have misread the instructions and there is some vital ingredient I have omitted? Or maybe it is complete rubbish and I have time to start again, if I need to?

Or maybe I just don’t want to say ‘goodbye’ to the course? It has been good fun and the 3 months have flown by.

References have been requested …

My application for the MA in creative writing has been received and references have been requested. I mustn’t read too much into this. I think they request automatically and, if I remember, I ticked the box that asked for an email to be sent to my referees. I must keep my expectations low for the moment.