Re-Writing Breakthrough
Writing » NaNoWriMo, Quotes, Work-in-ProgressDecember 6th, 2006
Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life.
- Stephen King
And so I conclude my finals week with ever-happy thoughts about my original work-in-progress, The Winslow Charade. It’s funny, seeing that title, considering I just use it because it’s there, and really has nothing to do with the story anymore. In any case, I had a breakthrough the other night while I was studying. I’ve been worried about the pacing of the book. It feels too slow, especially now that I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo. So, at 2 am in the morning, I decided that I was going to shift the beginning of the story forward approximately six months. Now everything is much more condensed, and the story will have to move faster because the characters have less time to make decisions–which means more conflict, which is always, but ALWAYS, good.
Apostrophes and Bibliophiles
Writing » NaNoWriMo, Quotes, Work-in-ProgressDecember 3rd, 2006
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. - Scott Adams
Is it sad that I find literary posters amusing? Click [here] to see Bob the Angry Flower’s take on those dreaded apostrophe rules.
In other news, I printed my NaNoWriMo the other day at the computer lab that I work at (I print everything there because I practically have free printing, my quota is so large), and shock and awe! Somehow, I wrote 177 double-spaced pages in one month. It took me three years to write the prequel. Le sigh.
Withdrawal
General, Writing » Links, Work-in-ProgressOctober 23rd, 2006
So, as you all know, I finished my first complete draft this past Friday. This means that I’ve been thinking about the novel the entire weekend, wanting to read it through, but each time, not being able to because I’m too close to the work and so can’t read it without wanting to edit it. I know how my writing mind works: I have to work and work, and then leave it alone for a couple months to be completely unassociated with it. Look at it with fresh eyes. I just love the ending, though. Not how it’s written, but the feeling of it. The mood. The atmosphere and hope.
C’est Finis!
Writing » Announcements, Editing, Work-in-ProgressOctober 20th, 2006
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Writing Update
Writing » Work-in-ProgressOctober 8th, 2006
Previous word count, as of Sept 23, 2006: 86,736. Update:
New Website Layout
General » Announcements, Work-in-ProgressOctober 3rd, 2006
Well, it’s official. I changed the name of this blog, and I added the domain name that will eventually be the official domain for my website: Worderella. Spent some time tonight playing with the layout and trying to make it professional, clean, and yet keeping that hint of something historical so readers don’t get confused.
Woe is I
Writing » Work-in-ProgressSeptember 24th, 2006
I will admit, I’m struggling. I want to get this first complete draft out, but I can feel the doom of the Writer’s Block hovering over my left shoulder, while my muse bats away at Writer’s Block on my right. I have the entire next scene outlined.
Mischief Managed
Writing » Work-in-ProgressSeptember 10th, 2006
Remember when I said I had the dreaded Writer’s Block? I’m going to admit that I was a little glad I had it. I didn’t know where I wanted the characters to go, I didn’t know what the story should say next…it was time for a break. I’m the sort of writer where I will push through and force myself to write that thousand words a day if I have the time (full-time student, remember…), but I’m letting the characters tell me the story. I have a general sense of how I want the story to end, and where the characters should be, but I let them surprise me along the way.
The Lake House
General » Work-in-ProgressAugust 30th, 2006
Today I went to the dollar theater with my mother and sister to see The Lake House. Yes, it was a romantic drama, yes, it was a sort of time travel story, and yes, there were some definite holes in the logic of the story, as are most time travel plots. However, I am not writing to simply pick at The Lake House, I’m writing about it because it sort of affirms why I write romance.
Website Update/Writer’s Block
Writing » Announcements, Work-in-Progress, Writer's BlockAugust 28th, 2006
As you may have guessed, I’m going through writer’s block. I find that when I’m stuck, I need to start reading again. Or doing more research. Or, not think about writing at all, but work on my other projects (which include working on my comic, performing another T-shirt surgery, balancing my account, and, unfortunately, Facebook haha).
What do you do to combat the Writer’s Block?
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