2006-10-05, 09:58 PM — Nano redux
Well, there. I've gone and done it. I've signed up for Nanowrimo again this year. It's my first year since 2002. I have two stories lined up; we'll see which one I decide to hold off writing until November. Either one of them is a good candidate for completely splurging on writing.
I was thinking about why Nanowrimo worked so well for me, and what seems to have gone wrong since. I mean, I did, technically, finish a novel between 2002 and now. It isn't a very good novel. But it's done, which is more than I've ever done before, including my nanonovel from 2002. It's still not done. It's pretty close. I could probably finish it before November of this year if I tried.
All of that said, when I'm not forced by something (inspiration being what forced me the one time it's happened) to sit and work on one piece, I tend to work on all of them. Whatever draws my attention at the moment, whatever keeps me in the mood. With Nanowrimo it was different. It didn't matter if I was in the mood or not, I just had to keep writing.
It worked surprisingly well, once I actually got around to it. And the rush of finishing that 50 000 words on November 30th was incredible. And very very cool. And a lot of what came out of that month was actually really inspired, even when I didn't think I was inspired. And a lot of the time the necessity of writing over 1000 words per day actually inspired me out of nowhere.
So I'm looking forward to it. I have rough outlines for both the stories, and a few ideas written down. Main characters are envisioned, but I'm not going to do character outlines because I'm kind of curious to see what happens to the characters as the plot unfolds. I think if I actually wrote character outlines I'd feel obligated to stick to them. I don't know that I'll feel that way with the plot outlines; the outlines have already changed shape in my head several times. I rather enjoy that part, too.
2006-08-16, 07:23 AM — blog spammers suck my will to update
All right. I've decided that until such time as I have a new way to deal with comments, or a new space, I probably won't be posting here too much. It's pretty frustrating.
Things are going well, though. I am also partially not updating because I'm very tired and things have been getting busier and busier. Looking forward to September, when things will calm down a fair amount. I hope.
2006-07-07, 07:17 AM — i'll get my mords wixed up
I'm in that brain-space where I know I am tired but I'm wired enough that you wouldn't notice. Until I tried to have a conversation with you. The thing about verbal communication is that it requires a certain amount of mental capacity, which is what I am starting to lack, now that I am starting my third 10-hour day of camp and other activities.
I was exhausted last night, but I couldn't sleep at all. Woke up several times. Tried to figure out what it was that was poking me awake, and I am still not sure. My feet and legs are sore, though, so I think that might have been part of it. I'm hitting one of my more severe allergy seasons, so that might be another part. And someone painted the apartment downstairs, so the paint fumes were wafting into our bedroom all night, so that might be the third part. There's nothing worse than knowing you have to get some sleep and just not being able to. Maybe I was putting too much pressure on myself.
All of this is very interesting to you, I'm sure, but I'm afraid I need to go have a shower now. Have a nice weekend.