Happy NaNoWriMo, Everyone!
Nov. 1st, 2010 08:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hobgoblinnWell, until about 7 pm tonight, I had a word count of 0. It's a bit better now. I'm starting to get into my character's head space, and to explore what's kind of different about this sister of hers. I have spent the last couple of weeks using a Book in a Month Kit haphazardly, trying to brainstorm key scenes and story arc, something I have never done in a previously attempted story.
The initial idea came from an early morning dream-- the kind you have after you get up to pee at 4 am and come back to bed after to sleep a couple more hours. Or the kind you have in the 9 minutes between when the alarm goes off the first time and when it goes off again after you hit snooze. I forget which one this was. But it's the kind where you're just awake enough to be able to somewhat shape what happens.
Anyway, I'll share more about it later. I'm kind of excited about trying to create an actual story and not 50K words of brainstorming and wittering and freewriting. I still may spend some time on WIPs if I get stuck; might as well make the discipline of the month count for something. But I really hope I can get this story to go where I want it to.
Hugs and good thoughts to friends who are embarking on the madness this year. And if you aren't-- why not? It's still the first day. Write something!
The initial idea came from an early morning dream-- the kind you have after you get up to pee at 4 am and come back to bed after to sleep a couple more hours. Or the kind you have in the 9 minutes between when the alarm goes off the first time and when it goes off again after you hit snooze. I forget which one this was. But it's the kind where you're just awake enough to be able to somewhat shape what happens.
Anyway, I'll share more about it later. I'm kind of excited about trying to create an actual story and not 50K words of brainstorming and wittering and freewriting. I still may spend some time on WIPs if I get stuck; might as well make the discipline of the month count for something. But I really hope I can get this story to go where I want it to.
Hugs and good thoughts to friends who are embarking on the madness this year. And if you aren't-- why not? It's still the first day. Write something!
