NanoWriMo

Nov. 1st, 2008 11:44 pm
ostarella: (NaNo)
Well, didn't get to work on this much today. But I did work on it :D  About 1400 words, which isn't bad for less than an hour's work. I blame it on my brother and the weather :p  Can't smoke in the house when he's down, so have to stop and go outside instead of taking a couple relaxing puffs along the way. And of course good weather means outside stuff to do. But he's going home tomorrow afternoon, so will have most of the night to write tomorrow.

But I'm definitely getting a feel for the story now. I know better what it's going to be about and the direction things are going to go. I actually think by the time I get through this month, I might actually have a workable story. Weeks of rewriting, of course, but it might not be as horrid as I thought at first. Still having to stop myself from editing as I go along, and getting rid of contractions so I can get the word count up. Breaking habits of too many years - that's HARD!  :p

Anyway, tomorrow's another day. At least I've actually started, right? Right?  LOL

Only thing is I didn't get to put my count on NaNo - kept timing out so I guess their server must be really busy. Oh well - I'll get it up there eventually ;-)
ostarella: (Writing)
From http://www.fictionfactor.com

Planning A Heart-Stopping Story
By Holly Lisle

Part VII of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series

http://www.fictionfactor.com/guests/planning.html

JFM will be reading this, nodding her head at every sentence ;-)  but it wasn't one of my favorites. Even talking about an actual plan makes me lose interest  :D  But I'm sure there will be some points to make use of, if I ever get through it...


Another article more to my liking is

Short Story Writing - Don't Waste Your Words On Wasted Words!
By Steve Dempster

http://short.fictionfactor.com/articles/wastedwords.html

Obviously won't fit in with NaNo, but it's definitely a good article for other writing, even when you don't have to "cut" for word count issues.


And finally, one for everyone, even (and maybe especially) fanfic writers...

Create Vivid, Memorable Characters - Breathe Life into Your Fictional People
By Lucia Zimmitti

http://www.fictionfactor.com/guests/characters.html

ENJOY! :D


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