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  <title>Irony is the Shackles of Youth</title>
  <subtitle>tsaiko</subtitle>
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    <name>tsaiko</name>
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  <updated>2019-02-17T15:47:07Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-27:127819:1053552</id>
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    <title>I'm halfway there</title>
    <published>2019-02-17T15:47:07Z</published>
    <updated>2019-02-17T15:47:07Z</updated>
    <category term="my writing"/>
    <category term="blathering"/>
    <dw:mood>hopeful</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">I have crossed the 50,000 word mark on the worse thing I have ever written. So I'm half-way done. I expect writing on this to slow down (and have, in fact, planned on such a thing). There are 18 chapters outlined so far. My original plan was for 20 chapters. That's what the goal word count (100,000) is for, with each chapter consisting of 2 scenes. So far I've been sticking to that template in the initial draft. I think I know how this is going to end. I might go ahead and outline out those last two chapters before too much longer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once I get to about April, I expect I'll start using my daily word counts to go back in and start editing. I often edit before I finish the whole work. I'm holding off doing it here because I want as much of the main story line done as I can get. At the same time, as my daily word goals decrease, I'll get frustrated if I can only write a couple hundred words at a time on the main story line. I'm still working on where the balance point is. That's why I'm doing a terrible story for this. Who cares if I never make it something good? That's not the point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I have discovered that all the years of reading fanfiction have really influenced how I write sex scenes. I have to say its for the better. I can tell the difference even if no one else can't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tsaiko&amp;ditemid=1053552" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-27:127819:1043616</id>
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    <title>And I'm back</title>
    <published>2018-12-05T01:00:43Z</published>
    <updated>2018-12-05T01:00:43Z</updated>
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    <dw:mood>working</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Livejournal has been imported.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interests have been updated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Website now points to AO3.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I did not realize how much I missed a text optimized blogging site until just now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tsaiko&amp;ditemid=1043616" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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