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Writing Time: 5h Today was the first day of my independent study, a three and a half week period during which I have no academic obligations other than to work on my thesis: a 20-25,000 word novella. I worked for a few hours in the morning at Wild Goose Cafe, and later I worked for…

March 8 Writing Time: 30min I worked on “Beyond the Walls” again, but it was one in the morning and the story’s at a point that I can’t improve it unless I’m wide-awake and focused. The changes are too subtle. Everything is fine, but nothing’s great. I can’t turn fine into great when I’m ready…

March 5 Writing Time: 2h I guess I’m writing poetry again. I worked on an old poem that I gave up on six months because I was having too much trouble with the meter. March 6 Writing Time: 2h I continued working on the poem from yesterday. It’s called “Strange Woods.” I’m trying to maintain…

Writing Time: 2h Word Count: N/A (revising) Still working on “Beyond the Walls.” I drafted an ending today — we’ll see how I feel about it tomorrow. Everything finally clicked into place today. There’s more to do, but I’m close. (Also, I went back to Toy Zebra for twenty minutes. Weird, right? Guess I’m revising…

Writing Time: 2h Word Count: N/A (revising) I continued to revise “Beyond the Walls” tonight. My last post suggested that I’m focused on the ending right now, but that’s not entirely true. I spent most of my time editing the beginning and middle of the story today. I’ll take another stab at the final page…

Feb 28 Writing Time: 2h Word Count: N/A (revising) Feb 29 Writing Time: 2h Word Count: N/A (revising) March 1 Writing Time: 35min Word Count: N/A (revising) I’ve spent the last three days revising “Beyond the Walls.” Trying to figure out the ending.

Feb 25 Writing Time: 1h Began revising old nonfiction flash pieces. Feb 26 Writing Time: 2h Revised old poetry and nonfiction flash pieces for a contest. Due tonight. Feb 27 Writing Time: 50min Working on “Beyond the Walls.”

Writing Time: 1.5hr Word Count: N/A (editing) I’m editing “Beyond the Walls.” I have a long way to go, but I’m excited about where this story is going.

Writing Time: 1h Word Count: 272 words + editing I finished a draft of “Beyond the Walls” today, printed it out and marked it up. Lots needs to change.

Writing Time: 1h 10min Word Count: 414 words I joined an open writing session in the basement of Worner center this afternoon (basically just five people sitting around, eating snacks, and writing) hosted by Colorado College’s literary magazine, Cipher. Today was one of the first days all month that I’ve done my writing in the…