Having nanowrimo to push me, I've actually been making myself write. And it turns out that, past the day one flub, I've done pretty well at maintaining a daily thing (excepting yesterday when I felt like snarf). I think this is the closest I've felt to normal (for me) as I've felt all year. I cannot begin to explain how nice that feels. (totally unrelated note... pandora just totally messed with my mood and started playing rikki martin after about an hour of nice dark instrumentals... Usually I love pandora but that kinda made me lose my focus) Anyway - I'm really hoping that this keeps going, pushes into the rest of the year. I really need a bit of normal in my life right now. In wordcount world - I'm nearly 35k into this one and it's rough - really really really rough - and will be expanded probably doubled in the rewrites - maybe more if this does turn out to be the sketch of two books and not one. I write weird. I don't outline, I don't do character work, I just sit down and go. But the very first draft - has virtually no description beyond a few random lines I like. It is the barest of bones type draft, nearly a long outline if you stretch the definition some. The next draft will be longer and better and prettier. Right now - it's about as big a mess as the inside of my head. But, for now, I'm excited about writing again and that's more than enough. This project is really different for me. Not something I've ever written before. A bit of an urban fantasy I think... right now - my pretty little heroine is about to get the upper hand on a woman who has been pretty nasty thus far but is about to have a change of heart. Why you ask? why else? a shared goal... Sometimes, to get things done, you have to turn to someone you would never believe would help. Anyway - I've got to get back to work before she starts being a pain in my head. Tags: nanowrimo
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