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Alright, I finished my story before winter break, and I need to do some heavy editing. I need to back up a bit and forget the publishing part of this for now, because that’s not the entire point of the project. I need to go back and think about where I was when I started the book, somewhere around November, and now, and write anotherprocess journal about, or else the panel for MYP will surely fail me, if I’m not ready for them with this. That is the biggest point of MYP projects, actually. Finding out ways to do some things, then adjusting them to your personal needs, and reporting that. Without this information, as I have mentioned, I willfail. Now, I know editing is a huge part, and Lulu.com is calling for me to submit the story, but if I don’t get something down about research or noodletools or SOMETHING, I’ll have to withdraw myself from the project, which I think I might do after all.

When I started my story, I was thinking something along the lines of “Okay, let’s have two main characters, both guys, both outlaws, one convicted of murder, one a shape shifter.” A few weeks into the writing, I began to not exactly prefer the 3rd person view, I didn’t want to go back and edit everything, and I was more used 1st person female view, so I said, “Hey, why not throw in one of my older characters in, make her read minds, and have the entire past 25 pages be a memory that she saw!” So I went with that, and switched it up.

Come November, I was at page 63, and feeling doubtful that I would finish on time. I wasn’t completely sure as to where the story was headed, and I was slacking in my writing. I wasn’t getting pages done fast enough, even though a lot of it was stored in my mind, and I needed to quicken my pace. Thanks Giving arrived, and I was so sure that I’d be too busy with family, that I wouldn’t find time to type. Then I found that we’d taken the family laptop on our trip, and I got about 20 good pages in that break. By then, I didn’t know, that I’d only have about 20 more pages left. I quickly wrapped the story up, say, 2 days before winter break, and I was home free. The longest journey of the project was over, and now I needed to delve into organization.

Right now, my mother, friends, and I are working on editing the story, and I need to apply the edited script to my computer copy. At this point, I no longer care if I publish it, (that can be accomplished after the project), but the MYP part of the project, so I don’t end up failing. If I fail, well, let’s just say that’s not the best option for one’s self-esteem, especially if I’ve been working on this story for… almost nine months now. Wow, there’s a scary metaphor. My story has grown for nines months, and now it’s finally time for the world to greet it and take it in. Yikes, that’s the last thing I want my story process to be compared to; pregnancy. Though it is a good metaphor (if I do say so myself), I don’t like it. This never happened.

I’m am no doubt seeing an end to my story. I should be able to finish before my set goal. On page 86, it’s starting to get easier with pressure and all becasue I’m sure of exactly what I’m writing, with a few exceptions. Now the small problem is editing, which isn’t such a small problem, because I have friends and teachers helping me with that. I’d say I’ll finish in about twent pages or so, give or take a few.

It’s a few weeks into the project, and I know exactly where my story is headed. I’ve already written the final page(s), thus leaving it open for me to continue into a sequel, which I will glady continue. I’ve finally reached page 63, and aiming for 65 by the end of the week. By Thanksgiving break ends, I plan to have completed a few more, making 75 to 80 pages. By the end of winter break, which continues to sneak up on us, I plan to be completely done, with the small exception of editing. That’s fifty pages in six weeks, but I think I could pull it off. I have 42 days to pull off 50 pages, give or take a few.

Yikes, that’s a lot. Better get crackin’. Like, now. ASAP.

I haven’t got very far with the project, really. I haven’t finished my story, which is currently only 56 pages, and I think that I won’t finsih until around December at the latest. Though I know exactly what I’m gong to write, I’m in a bit of a block. Okay, it’s more than just a bit of a block, but I’m trying to clear more space to write my story.

My goal is to get to at least page 60 by the end of this weekend. I can probably manage that, and the bar’s not set too high… for me.

Project Overview: Basically, I’m doing a project with Mr. Mayo, and we are going to try and publish my book.

Goals: First, I’d like to finish my book, do a story/organization edit, then gramar edit. From there, we’ll publish it on Lulu.com, then try to sell it to a bigger publishing company.

Need to Accomplish: Right now, I’m mostly focused on just finishing the story, while Mr. Mayo finishes reading what I already have.