NaNoWriMo 2011 - Progress Update - Days 1 & 2
You know that saying, "God laughs when we make plans."? I totally believe he's having a major laugh at me, the kind of chuckle that makes your belly jiggle.November has been insane!I've not had an opportunity to write a single word.Here's the edited version as to why: Sick kids, someone attempted to break into my house-the resulting upheaval to home proved very time consuming, dentist visits, and other things that sucked my time away that are rather mundane and not at all as exciting as my father-in-law discovering someone in the act of violating our home.Ick.I'm hoping to get at least 3 thousand words in tonight. Which means I won't go to sleep until I have at least three thousand words of something.
But I do want to take this opportunity to thank Virginia from That Bald Chick for being the best cheerleader EVER! love & life being crazy,nicóle
NaNoWriMo 2011 is Almost Upon Us!
NaNoWriMo 2011 is almost here! I'm a little nervous about this year. I've no idea what I'm going to write about. I've not prepared at all-which means not only do I not have a story idea -that's not true, I've got tons of ideas) I've no outline. Nada.I think that is absolutely fantastic! Tomorrow sometime during the trick-or-treating and candy coma I'm going to pull a scenario out of my head and go from there.I completed last year. This will be my third year participating in this crazy race to complete a 50,000 word novel in one month. I'm confident I'm going to have fun doing it...I'm going to write my little fingers off and hopefully in a month from now I'll be 50,000 words into story that I would never have expected.I'll try to post my progress through out the month. I'm not sure I'll be doing any vlogs like last year because, they eat up a lot of time and I don't have as much free time this year as I did last but if I do get a few moments I will definitely whip up a little vid with my iPhone or something while I'm in the car waiting for Mike to get out of school perhaps.
You can see my progress from last year and this year -once I start posting by clicking on this link: NaNoWriMo.
love & writing really, really, fast!
nicóle
Changing My Point of View Mid-Story
I’m a disgruntled traveler who is being stubborn-refusing to move in the direction I know I should. Instead I’m standing here kicking up dust on this dirt road lost in thought. One question tumbling around in my psyche, the answer I know, is already weeding it’s way further into brain…making it’s self comfortable even while I fight it.
I've banged my head against my desk on a number of occasions today because I'm fighting a decision. A decision that isn't really a decision anymore because I already know what I should do. My current manuscript-the one I've been working on for what feels like an eternity-and is nearly complete has taken me, the story teller to a cross roads. It's not a pretty sight, I'm a disgruntled traveler who is being stubborn-refusing to move in the direction I know I should. Instead I'm standing here kicking up dust on this dirt road lost in thought. One question tumbling around in my psyche, the answer I know, is already weeding it's way further into brain...making it's self comfortable even while I fight it.
How should I proceed?
I'm almost to the part where things really start to take off, where the adventure comes in. I'm nearly to the point I've envisioned and however excited I want to be at this point in my story I'm just not. I'm not, because I can't be.
I can't, because I fear I have told the story wrong. I wrote it in first person and now, in retrospect I think a third person omniscient POV would be best suited for this story. By keeping the story in my protagonist's head I'm missing out on some really great scenes that would enhance the story for good. Scenes that would be a cherry on my proverbial sundae I suppose.
I know it's the right path to take I'm just annoyed it took me so long to realize it. Though I'm not new to books, I'm new to writing them and just like anything there is a learning curve, one I've just fell off of. I keep thinking about all the work I've already done not wanting to start over, but here's the thing...Anything worth doing takes work. I know this, I know I need to stop fighting and simply get to work. I'm going to focus on these words by Ira Glass because they give me, this novice writer hope.
Telling Self Dobut to 'Shut up!'
When it comes to my writing, I'm plagued by self doubt. It's stupid really, and I recognize that. It's also, the one thing about my life where I lack bucket fulls of self confidence. I've decided (probably for the millionth time) I'm going to let that go and just write. After all, after my children, and my husband, my writing is the thing I'm most passionate about. It's followed quickly by vintage things and photography, but what tops my list of my life goals and creative pursuits is my writing.
Life's to short to be doubtful or to even ignore what you are truly passionate about. I thought I'd post this as a little reminder to myself and any of you who may be doubtful of pursuing your passions or anything else in life.
love and tossing out self doubt,nicóle
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StarStorm
I was blow-drying my hair earlier, and this haiku came to me. I've been thinking about my manuscript currently under about two inches of dust (I'm speaking figuratively-it's happily dust free in three different places) and this sort of came to me...Yes, it is related to the story.
Angelic Power beneath a black starlit night Northern sky on fire
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