This just doesn’t seem to be my year for big writing projects. Oh well. Maybe there’s a reason. I capped out on NaNo at about 28,000 words this year. I started over because I thought my story was the worst thing ever written. I didn’t believe the NaNo book and started all over. Bad mistake. Reading back over the story, it was really good. I”m going to try and finish them this December. My current track record says it won’t happen, but I’m not gonna put myself under pressure for a while. Maybe I need a little break?
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NaNo Failure
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Nine Days!
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009That’s right! Only nine days until this year’s NaNoWriMo! If you don’t know what that is, look it up! It’s a blast. This will be my second year. I’m doing things a little differently this time around.
First off, I’m going to use an outline. A brief, probably unfinished outline. I’m just going for some better planned plot elements this time around. I mean, jumping head first into the whole thing last year was great, but I’m all for new experiences! And planning a novel will be one of them, haha. I never know the right ending until I’ve been writing for a bit, so the last half of my outline might be a bit more sketch like than my first. Still, I’m going to try and get some scripted events down on paper.
Secondly, my Main Character this time around is a major pain! I say this all the time in real life, so it feels a bit repetitive putting it here, but NaNo is all about forging ahead in the face of uncertainty! So that’s what I’ll do here as well. He started off as a detective, morphed into an FBI agent, then admitted he was part of a secret organization funded by the government. And he’s best friends with a character form a completely different story. Who knew? Well, an interesting MC should keep the story moving ahead. I shudder to think what he’ll do to my little outline though. Maybe it’s not even worth trying?
Who’s on third? I still have a lot of preparation to do. Still, NaNo is one of those things you just have to go with. I’m not stressed at all about it yet.
And that’s all I can think of!
Enjoy~
A Purpose!
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009This will be my writing blog. There! I’ve decided it. Anything I need to rant about concerning my writing will go here. And possibly in my other journal as well. This journal will be a small step to helping my manage my novel writing endeavors and such! Feel free to follow along if you’d like. Maybe I’ll say something enlightening.
A New Blog!
Friday, May 8th, 2009That’s right, I starting up another one! Why I need two blogs is beyond me, but hey, this one is on MY website. That means something.
And it counts words. Ooo, look at the pretty. Anyway, this will mostly be for BJD related updates, unless I start another website on angelchronicles.net, so please enjoy!
-Laylian
