The Witches of Midlothian... a Nanowrimo novel, written by Daryl Darko - Chapter 1
Okay, let's try an experiment. I've been writing this story for over ten years now and it's very long. I've finally figured out a system for motivating myself to edit the story to make it ready for publication. I'm rewriting it. Dozens of people have heard about me working on this project over the past decade, and I've invited a few of them to read it - and some have! But I know that in its unedited condition it's a hard tome to struggle through, and I thank those that did read it, and I apologize to those that could not get through it. Thank you all for your efforts.
Here is the experiment I want to try out now. I'm going to post one chapter at a time here in this blog while I progress with my editing. This is probably going to be what the final product will look like. I'm pretty much just going to announce updates on my Facebook page. I'm more interested in people I am close to getting to see this than I am of opening it up to the entire world. Mainly because you close friends, you know what my interests are and you know I've been talking about this for so long. I invite you to leave comments on the blog or on my Facebook page.
The other reason I feel compelled to do this is your interaction with me will work as a motivating factor to keep me focused and at work on this. There is a LOT of editing ahead of me so I envision this taking months to complete. Right now there are two chapters ready to share, but I'm only going to post the first one and then wait to see if anyone at all acknowledges having interest in reading more.
Thank You!!
--- Okay, turns out that I cannot post it on the blog. I will have to give "share rights" to a copy of the document I am editing (I'm writing it in Google Docs). So if you read this and are interested in becoming a reader, let me know by PM (I'll need your email address). Then, once a new chapter has been edited, I'll make a new announcement here on FB again. I'll give you "rights for commenting" on the document, which I would love hearing thoughts and ideas from you. I'm pretty set on keeping the course of the story "as is", but who knows, someone might make a brilliant suggestion that could help me find a better direction to turn towards.
Also, be aware that I consider this to be a work of FICTION. That was my goal from the onset. Any names or events that resemble real life have been doctored/renamed - do not believe that anything you read is true. What IS true is that my life has brought me to the point where I have created this story :)
Here is the experiment I want to try out now. I'm going to post one chapter at a time here in this blog while I progress with my editing. This is probably going to be what the final product will look like. I'm pretty much just going to announce updates on my Facebook page. I'm more interested in people I am close to getting to see this than I am of opening it up to the entire world. Mainly because you close friends, you know what my interests are and you know I've been talking about this for so long. I invite you to leave comments on the blog or on my Facebook page.
The other reason I feel compelled to do this is your interaction with me will work as a motivating factor to keep me focused and at work on this. There is a LOT of editing ahead of me so I envision this taking months to complete. Right now there are two chapters ready to share, but I'm only going to post the first one and then wait to see if anyone at all acknowledges having interest in reading more.
Thank You!!
--- Okay, turns out that I cannot post it on the blog. I will have to give "share rights" to a copy of the document I am editing (I'm writing it in Google Docs). So if you read this and are interested in becoming a reader, let me know by PM (I'll need your email address). Then, once a new chapter has been edited, I'll make a new announcement here on FB again. I'll give you "rights for commenting" on the document, which I would love hearing thoughts and ideas from you. I'm pretty set on keeping the course of the story "as is", but who knows, someone might make a brilliant suggestion that could help me find a better direction to turn towards.
Also, be aware that I consider this to be a work of FICTION. That was my goal from the onset. Any names or events that resemble real life have been doctored/renamed - do not believe that anything you read is true. What IS true is that my life has brought me to the point where I have created this story :)
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