I wanted something witty to mark this December as the month I will FINISH my novel! Last month was an amazing eye-opener to my ability to write and make my story come alive on the page. And even though 50k words sounds like a lot, I found that I had only written half of my original idea! There's no way I'm going to stop writing until the whole thing gets done on paper...well, virtual paper.
Since I won NaNoWriMo on November 29, I've been taking it easy and sleeping in. I've taken the time to watch some more Youtube videos on writing techniques. That made me focus my efforts on creating a brand new outline for the rest of my novel. I found out that while ACTUALLY writing, I went with the flow a little too much and kinda got myself off track. Even though I want to edit, like really really a lot, I'm not gonna do that yet. I still need to finish the rest of the story!
So things I've done today so far:
- Create a new plot outline for the rest of my story, divided into chapters! (Again Katytastic really helped me out: Three Act Outline )
- Fleshing out my characters - giving them qualities and traits.
- Download a voice recorder app for my ipad!
I really like number 3! I tend to talk to myself a lot as I'm writing, but I can't type the words fast enough before I forget some things. So NOW I can record myself! Never again will I miss a word from my own geeky voice!
There are still a lot of questions still floating in my head about the story I'm trying to write - it feels like I'm mixing too many genres, that it will leave the reader confused instead of inspired. The story starts off with some sci-fi, techy stuff, and kinda leaks into fantasy. And things just get way freaky as the characters storm into a different realm all together. Can I actually combine sci-fi and fantasy like, that? Is that possible?
Fortunately I will deny myself from answering that until December is over, and my first draft is complete! Write on and new authors unite!
Wow! I'm super impressed with your productivity :D Sounds like you're all set for attacking your revisino! Congrats on your win! I see an excerpt down below so I'll look forward to reading that :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Revisions and editing are circling me like Paranas right now. I'm doing my best to tread through the waters to finish my book, without getting bitten!
Delete:O You've got a new blog post!!!
ReplyDeletehihi NaNoFinMo... I like it! I'll finish my novel as well, together with you! :D
We can make it!!
It's nice that you took some time off and that you actually sorta worked at the same time! hihi
I really admire your logical, practical way of writing sometimes! :)
And don't worry; you can totally mix any sub-genre you want! If they get along well and one of them just doesn't disappear as you go, then it's fine! Makes your book that much original! :)
Aww thanks for the encouragement about mixing genres! I haven't read many that do that either, so I feel like I'm jumping in blind. I look forward to putting up some more excerpts so you can judge for yourself.
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