The Ticking Life
Journal
Hello to all the good people who are taking time out from their busy life to read my Dream Project. If you have read Chapter — 0, you would remember my crazy idea for dedicating a chapter to A/N, C/N, R/T etc.
I contemplated about it and found myself whole heartedly agreeing with it. So here it comes. Any update of the Journal will be notified in the chapter's drop down box. The Chapter name, which currently is Journal would become, Journal Updated *DD/MM/YY*. I will update the Journal even on the lowest development of my story and the expected date on which it will be published. If I don't get lazy, which is a disease I'm very prone too.
Now let's get started.
P.S.: In between, if you have any question related to my story, and when I say story, it here means 'The Ticking Life' PM me. Refrain from reviewing this chapter and if you have a question you think all would be concerned about, post it as an Anonymous review.
Chapter — 0
CHAPTER NOTES:
*22, June, 2010. Sometime around 16:30 or 04:30 PM*
Said pretty much everything in the chapter. Nothing left to say.
*21, May, 2011, 09:26 AM*
Some small mistakes have been corrected, the most prominent one being using "Her Mum" to signify Hermione when talking for Harry. And thanks for slytherinsal for pointing this out.
Re-posting Date: 21, May, 2011
Word Count: 2,603 (Excluding A/N and C/N)
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REVIEW ANSWERS:
*22, June, 2010. Sometime around 16:30 or 04:30 PM*
Thanks to Hunter the son of Sirius, Bramble Icedancer, keeperoliver, miss-harry-potter-weasley, golfnjen83, HyperLily, AryaAliceLuna and Husain for reviewing my story.
Now answers to my reviews, publicly;
Hunter the son of Sirius: I planned that. :-)
Bramble Icedancer: The next chapter will start from the point where JKR left in Chapter 36 'The Flaw in the Plan' in the book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.
keeperoliver: Hey keeper, I in no way mentioned that Hermione marries Ron. :-) Maybe Bill divorces Fleur and marries Hermione, or Hermione marries Percy, or she marries Charlie. You can't say for sure.
miss-harry-potter-weasley: Thanks for your encouraging words. And here I was thinking that people will pointedly ignore it. But I will take my chance to add here that I was serious about what I said, and I will continue to be.
golfnjen83: Thanks and please post my grammar mistakes. The reason I don't have a beta are:
1. I don't want anyone in between the good people who read my story and me;
2. And I want to increase the standard of my English.
So feel free to point my mistakes out. I will be grateful.
HyperLily: Thank you. I too hope that every one of my Chapter — 0 reviewer will stick by my side till the end.
AryaAliceLuna: Thank you [I'm saying these two words more than it is healthy]. Oh you liked them; I wrote them sometime in night and without thinking much. Maybe I was thinking about the ending…
Cum around my area, depicts more or less. Don't get the wrong idea. Though from now on, I will try not to use the term.
Husain: My mystery reviewer. If you haven't registered, register man. It only takes some seconds, or maybe a minute and then you are ready to go.
*22, May, 2011, 03:46 AM*
Dreamer15147: Thank you... :-)
Strolling Along: Thanks for the long and enlightening comment.
slytherinsal: Thanks for reviewing :-)
*26, July, 2011, 20:56 or 08:56 PM*
mai-1: Your idea is really fascinating…
*29, July, 2011, 16:16 or 04:16 PM*
jess: Thanks for the review... and I really wish that the story becomes less vague as you read it...
Word Count: 2,608
Re-posting Date: 21, May, 201122, May, 2011
Chapter — 1
*22, June, 2010, 16:52 or 04:52 PM*
AUTHOR NOTES:
Hello to all, who are hopefully awaiting the update.
*Started writing at 02:30 PM, June, 19, 2010 and stopped at 03:25 PM, June, 19, 2010. Drafted 1,109 words for the story in the aforementioned time.*
It sucks. It in all honesty, sucks big time. I don't know how I should write my emotions. Should I let the ending influence the start or should I hold an impassive front? It is literally burning my brain, thrashing it around like a football. I don't know what should I do, or how should I do. I have planned the big goal, but these small flagstones look impossible to cross. It's not that I don't know what to write, I just don't know how to.
Even if I manage to pen them out, I don't know how I am going to phrase it properly. I am going mad and I have other stories to update too. Should stop now…
The estimated update date: 28, June, 2010.
The estimated word count: 8,000 — 10,000 words in MS Word.
Now some of you should be wondering why I'm taking this much time. Usually I wake up a full night, complete the story and the next morning I post it. But not with this one, not with my Dream Project. The Ticking Life is very special to me and every step will be taken after much consideration.
*22, June, 2010, 08:50 AM*
No progress and today is the deadline I made myself. So, it turns out that I should just write in my old style, which is don't think,. Just type what's come in your brain. Maybe it will help me after all.
A little typo has been fixed in Chapter — 0. Harry James Weasley was going to turn three not four. To be honest with you, at the start I didn't give a damn about the age. But while I was in the place where my thinking is let's say, the best, I revisited whole of the basic plot of the story and the age mattered much. So, I made him younger by a year.
And hopefully, I will start writing today again and in two days complete it.
The estimated update date: 01, July, 2010.
The estimated word count: 8,000 — 10,000 words in MS Word.
*30, June, 2010, 03:06 AM*
Finally after 0 hours of sleep for the past 25 hours, in which I rarely wrote for 6 hours, mind you, I am very close to completing the chapter. It will be around 8,000 — 9,000 and will be posted today.
In the starting I felt something remarkably like writer's block, but then on further analysis I found that it was because of my own mistake. I was trying to analyse things more than it is digestible by my system, which is my brain. So, I got back to my old ways. Continue writing even when you don't know what you are going to write after the word you are currently writing.
In all honesty, I didn't have a clue how this chapter was going to proceed. I have planned all the major things but not the minor things. And looking at it now, hell minor events are more than the major events.
Things got complicated because of the fact that I don't want to repeat anything I have written in my other fics. I want this fic to be a source of inspiration, not this to be inspired by some events from my other fics or the fics by other authors which I have read. Indirectly I'm sure they will affect how the story is phrased [I remembered something, will mention it after this] but I don't want it to affect my mentality.
Now on phrasing, I remembered something. This chapter drained me out of words. This type of feeling, I only felt once; when I started writing Fan Fiction. But feeling it now, it's kind of disturbing. Though I think this is one of the downsides of not being a native speaker of the language.
I wrote this story in various ticking of clock, which were quite irregular. So, I won't be able to post them and as you care to start with. Some time I wrote a single line in an hour or sometime I wrote 1,000 words in 40 minutes, like yesterday. It all depends on Writer's Stroke*. Ah, but my family. As soon as I geared up, someone would call me for something or just shout out loud, breaking my concentration. Then I will loose the rhythm and ultimately the Writer's Stroke effect.
{* = Term invented by me, DragoonHP. Depicts a period of time when you are in full writing mode, i.e., no shortage of ideas and plot and all the other mental things, you need to write.}
Some of the major one's are:
*Started at 04:13 PM 28, June, 2010 stopped at unrecorded time, probably letting the program run and choosing to play some games. Checked the first draft for mistakes and improvements and drafted 743 words for the story*
*Started at 01:53 PM, 29, June, 2010 stopped at the end of the story which means sometime in 30, June, 2010. Done after various short breaks. Checked the story for mistakes and improvements and drafted 6,594 words for the story*
Word count: 8,769
Release date: 30, June, 2010.
After this I'm off to write a chapter for 'The World Ahead'. 'The World Ahead' readers should review the story now. [hint, hint]
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CHAPTER NOTES:
*30, June, 2010, 03:31 AM*
The starting chapter of my Dream Project. Hope you lot liked it. It was a — what's the word, what's the goddamn word — trouble, no, spat, no, legacy, no, I can't think of. Fill it yourself.
I have tried to write the chapter as best as I could and though there are some weak points in the chapter, the ultimate result is fine. About the weak points, I just can't make myself to change them. I'm just too much emotionally attached to my stories and to this one, I can't even find words to describe how I feel.
Now enough rambling. About the chapter, read it for yourself. I don't want to spoil the fun, just remember that most of them, heck the entire chapter was unplanned.
If you have any doubts or find any mistakes in my writing, leave them in the review or send them in a PM. I will send you the answer and post it here as soon as I can.
And please review. When people don't review, I will be frank with you, I don't want to write the next chapter. But I still do, but it can only take me there. Now before you comment, one or two reviews does help, but when you see your alert list filled with subscriptions and a good number of hit and still low reviews, your spirit fell.
But here I won't complain because all most all of my Story Alerter have reviewed, except a new one. But I do hope to see you all again and the new one too. Sorry I don't remember the new guy's name.
So, I'm asking for 8 reviews, our alert count.
*09, July, 2010, 02:15 AM*
Ah no reviews. I changed the chapter according to the mistakes pointed out by AryaAliceLuna. And if AAl, you are thinking about how I rephrased the line you mentioned, it is like this:
So she just stood there, letting the time to trickle away. She just wanted to rush to his side and to hold him tight, never to release him again. But something was stopping her. It could very well be jealousy or it could just be the fear of loosing him. So, she just stood there. Some part of her hope that Hermione would see her and would beckon her to take her position. But Hermione seemed to concentrate on the task at hand which according to Ginny was her.
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So she just stood there, letting the time to trickle away.All she wanted was to rush to his side and to hold him tight, never to release him again. But something was stopping her. It could very well be jealousy or it could just be the fear of loosing him again. So, she just stood there as she stared at Hermione. Some part of her hoped that Hermione would see her and would beckon her to take her position. But Hermione seemed rather too focused on the task at hand, which according to Ginny was rightfully hers.
Some of the changes in the above paragraph were missed by AAL, but a person can't find all the mistakes. I have founded some and I will not be pasting them here. But if you care, they consists the formatting one, some missed words and the small errors.
New story static changes after editing:
Word count: 8,825
Re-posting date: 09, July, 2010.
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STORY DETAILS:
*30, June, 2010, 03:42 AM*
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*09, July, 2010, 03:14 AM*
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Favourite Story: 4 :-|
Community: 0 :-|
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REVIEW ANSWERS:
*30, June, 2010, 03:48 AM*
Hopefully, I'll have some reviews soon enough.
*09, July, 2010, 02:10 AM*
After waiting for many days for more reviews; I'm finally forced to reply to the reviews here:
HyperLily: Thanks for the encouraging words. I surely needed them.
AryaAliceLuna: Ah… Thanks for pointing out the mistakes. And I do think that your thought of changing trickle to tick suits. But it has just more or less become my trademark style to use trickle. But I will try to change it, hopefully…
*22, May, 2011, 03:50 PM*
Dreamer15147: A really late reply, but I'll continue the story till the very end...
Chapter — 2
*26, September, 2010, 02:17 or 14:17 PM*
AUTHOR NOTES:
Hello to all.
*Started writing at 01:54 PM, September, 26, 2010 and stopped at 02:17 PM, September, 26, 2010. Drafted 490 words for the story in the aforementioned time.*
Finally writing again. It feels so good. Nothing more to say, for now. Bye.
*25, March, 2011, 11:25 PM*
*Started writing at somewhere around 10:35 PM, March, 25, 2010 and stopped at 11:27 PM, March, 25, 2010. Drafted around 600 words; planning to continue it tomorrow.*
I may even give out the first 2,000 or 3,000 word as a preview for the actual chapter.
Just realised it had been more than eight moths since I posted chapter 1. Am I lazy!
*April, 03, 2011, 01:15 AM*
Completed the chapter…
Yay…
Finally… my long struggle comes to an end for the time being…
Just proof read the chapter again and I will post it tomorrow, sorry, today in the morning…
I just hope that it was well worth the wait…
Honestly speaking, I'm not happy with some part of it but I can't come up with worthy replacements… and not to mention that I desperately want to update The Ticking Life…
Word count: 8,642
Release date: 03, April, 2011
*May, 21, 2011, 11:55 PM*
Fixed some errors, namely his-her confusion, replaced some words and added a complete line. (The underlined line is the one I added).
And her eyes almost popped out of their holes; Ginny body was lit with spells fires. The approaching jet of lights made halos around Ginny. If this wasn't such a dire situation, Hermione would have marvelled the way the halo made Ginny look more beautiful.
Word count: 8,642
Re-Posting date: 22, May, 2011
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STORY DETAILS:
*03, April, 2011, 01:20 AM*
Hits: 840 :-|
Story Alert Subscriber: 8 :-|
Favourite Story: 4 :-|
Community: 0 :-|
*22, May, 2011, 10:37 AM*
Hits: 1,302 :-|
Story Alert Subscriber: 10 :-|
Favourite Story: 4 :-|
Community: 0 :-|
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REVIEW ANSWERS:
*03, April, 2011, 01:20 AM*
Hopefully, I'll have some reviews soon enough.
*22, May, 2011, 10:37 AM*
Hmm… after waiting for so many days for reviews, I'm inclined to update my journal now.
golfnjen83: Thanks... :-)
HyperLily: Thanks HyperLily... you always make me feel good... :-)
Dreamer15147: Thanks... and believe me, I'm eager too...
slytherinsal: Thanks and wait for some more chapters and then you will start to see the real picture...
Chapter — 3
*29, May, 2011, 22:36 or 10:36 PM*
AUTHOR NOTES:
*Started writing at 09:40 PM, May, 29, 2011 and stopped at 10:30 PM, May, 29, 2011. Drafted 1,315 words for the story in the aforementioned time.*
I feel good, writing the chapter again. Nothing much to say… just that I plan to upload this chapter before 9 June.
Good night.
*24, June, 2011, 08:06 AM*
AUTHOR NOTES:
*Wrote in short span of time during 23, July, 2011 and 24, July, 2011*
Ah… finally done… but this chapter might be a too short, even for my standards. But, this chapter has been a struggle to get out and honestly, I'm not happy with the end results. I just feel that it could have been more interesting and not filler-like like I feel it is and I was desperate to update… I don't know why I always start writing so late…
And I have broken yet another promise, of delivering a long chapter. Well… I could have elongated the chapter by a few hundred words… but I refrained from doing so… why? Because I felt like that content will suit more in the next chapter and hopefully it will help me set a pace for myself which will not end before I reach 10k mark for that chapter.
And I don't know if I said this before, but this story will be broken into two major POVS, Ginny and Harry. While Ginny POV will be described in around 10 chapters, Harry POV will only last for 4 to 5 chapters, broken into the style of dairy entry, but it is not as if Harry writes dairy or anything.
Word count: 6,750
Release date: 25, July, 2011
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STORY DETAILS:
*25, July, 2011, 08:22 AM*
Hits: 1,337 :-|
Story Alert Subscriber: 9 :-|
Favourite Story: 4 :-|
Community: 0 :-|
*26, July, 2011, 09:01 PM or 21:01*
Hits: 1,837 :-|
Story Alert Subscriber: 9 :-|
Favourite Story: 4 :-|
Community: 0 :-|
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REVIEW ANSWERS:
*25, July, 2011, 08:22 AM*
Hopefully, I'll have some reviews soon enough.
*26, July, 2011, 09:02 PM or 21:02*
HyperLily: Thanks… :-)
golfnjen83: Thanks and I really enjoyed writing that part too…
slytherinsal: Hmm… thanks for the detailed review. As I have told you in the PM, I don't believe Ginny to be as strong as fan-fictions portray her to be… :-)
Chapter — 4
*26, July, 2011, 21:06 or 09:06 PM*
AUTHOR NOTES:
*Wrote in short span of time on 26, July, 2011 and drafted around 4,500 words in 4 broken hours*
Ah… I am enjoying writing this chapter and this is after such a long time I'm enjoying writing a chapter for a Harry Fanfic. And if this continues — which I believe it will — I will very well write around 10k words for this chapter and as promised and before this Sunday… Isn't it great?
It would have been more interesting for me, if FoxIt Reader wouldn't shutdown my system every time I used a SuperBar emulator or a Alt+Tab customiser… Seriously if this continues, I will have to switch back to Acrobat, since my XP is highly customized…
Enough with my computer rambling… I just want to say that I'm loving this chapter…
And before I forget, from this chapter onwards, each chapter will have a time jump…
And for the readers of this journal, the next chapter might be titled as "Friendship, Quidditch and Happiness" if this gives you any idea…
Enjoy… because I really am…
The estimated update date: 28, July, 2011 or 29, July, 2011.
The estimated word count: 9,000 — 10,000 words in MS Word.
P.S.: Hoping that I would be able to keep my promise this time.
*28, July, 2011, 23:49 or 11:49 PM*
*Wrote in short span of time on 28, July, 2011 and drafted around 5,000 words in 7 broken hours*
Done… finally managed to keep my promise… if I could, I would have updated the story now…
Anyway, I renamed the Chapter from "Friendship, Quidditch and Happiness" to "Flowing With Time"… Why?
Because I didn't talk much about either Friendship, or Quidditch or Happiness but that is going to be Chapter 5 title…
This chapter is inspired by slytherinsal review, who said that they should start heading towards recovery and it made the rusted wheel in my mind move, of course, people grieve their loved one death but it had come to an end, and this chapter do it… it shows that they have started their trek toward recovery… recovery from the scars the war had left on their skin…
And please tell me if this chapter was a bit on the extreme side… I tried to keep it in limits… but I have a habit of breaking my own rules… :-p and since my new PC came (finally… you can literally say that I was high at that time) I have been on the ecstatic side and adjusting to the new keyboard has been a pain in the head… and having my head filled with overly happy thoughts made the writing a bit hard… I just hope that I'll be able to adjust to the new keyboard, like I had adjusted to my old keyboard (which was just four months old)…
And a note, Ginny's POV might stretch for some more chapters and after the seventh chapter, the thing will get rough and this chapter title has two meaning in it… the first one will be clear to everyone on the first read, the second, and the important meaning, will require you to read the completely series…
Hoping that you will stick till the end… :-)
Bye… and a big thank you for HyperLily, golfnjen83 and slytherinsal, and also to Dreamer18147 and AryaAliceLuna, both of them seems to be away from right now…
P.S.: The next update will come after a while now…
Word count: 9,257
Release date: 29, July, 2011
*29, July, 2011, 16:16 or 04:16 PM*
Thanks to slytherinsal, I corrected a formatting error... which I can swear that wasn't there in the start...
"Of course, Kingsley knowsHarryHarry," said Ron, "H
about this," said Ron, shrugging his shoulder, "How do you think we managed to build a makeshift Quidditch field in our miniscule paddock?"
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"Of course, Kingsley knows about this," said Ron, shrugging his shoulder, "How do you think we managed to build a makeshift Quidditch field in our miniscule paddock?"
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STORY DETAILS:
*29, July, 2011, 08:22 AM*
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REVIEW ANSWERS:
*29, July, 2011, 08:22 AM*
Hopefully, I'll have some reviews soon enough.
*29, July, 2011, 16:16 or 04:16 PM*
slytherinsal: Yeah... they are recuperating and I sih that line was mine...