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*Beginning to think about NaNoWriMo, because it's totally me to plan everything out in advance. On the flip side, if I actually have a vague idea as to what the plot will be before I write, I can structure the story so that it's going towards the plot. And not do things like have the macguffin change from a time travel machine to some sort of extra-temporal storage, to a gun. Not that I ever did that, see also, the entirety of last year.

*Trying also to decide if writing my novel "counts" as writing my 750words. This...could easily end in madness if I decide it doesn't. I look forward to finding out. On the plus side, I've been trying to work out how fast I write, and I think I should be able to write 2750 words in two hours or less. Maybe. (Now question, do I have two hours to spare every single day. Hahahahahhaohdear.)

*As with last year, I will be posting progress over in [livejournal.com profile] katarina_tales. This is mostly because of the year in which my computer asploded and I lost everything from a three month span of time, except for the two novels I had been posting as I wrote. Yeah, keeping online copies of things is a really good plan.

*Did I write anything in 2008? I feel like I must've, because I always write, but that might have been my break year. Huh, crazy stuff.

*Oh, ideas and stuff. Idea this year is a possibly horror, probably partially historical fiction, certainly ghost story, possibly with two points of view (the ghost and a modern equivalent), set in the house I lived in the last two years. It has a _real title_ which is absurd, as I've never written anything with a title, ever --"The Girl on the Stairs". Yes, I know that's not imaginative. Whatever.

*Knowing me, the research and complexity involved means this will crash and burn really hard. That's okay, I'm seriously considering using the month to rewrite something instead of write it. At the very least, I need to refine more plot outlines. And I really *really* ought to write a (much better!) second draft of my one completed novel.

*Do I even have that in this state? *checks notebooks*

*Yes, yes I do. And the 2005 attempt, which is my favourite, and least writable character1. Muahaha.

Anyways, that's about it. Wish me luck and such!

~Sor
MOOP!

1: I have started, and restarted, and restarted Dante's story so many times now. Entire sections of her composition book have been crossed out, and her notes span half a decade, multiple notebooks, and two computers. I love Dante, and think she's awesome, but she refuses to let me write her adequately.

on 2010-10-12 06:09 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] nurrynur.livejournal.com
for the love of god YES nanowrimo should count towards your 750words. I mean, you should still leave time in your life for homework and studying, nevermind fun stuff like dancing.. oh, and sleep.

on 2010-10-12 06:22 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] kdsorceress.livejournal.com
Heh, we'll see. If nothing else, I'll certainly want to write things that aren't OMG STORY ALL THE TIME, so it might be nice to have that particular form of journaling to fall back on occasionally.

Pfft on homework and sleep. Dancing's pretty important though, will have to do my best not to lose that.

~Sor

on 2010-10-12 07:08 pm (UTC)
ext_22961: (Wiwaxia)
Posted by [identity profile] jere7my.livejournal.com
Did I just hear you say "Pfft on homework", dear? *stern eyebrow-lift*

on 2010-10-13 01:06 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] herbertinc.livejournal.com
having the novel count towards your 750 words does not preclude you from writing additional words, as you see fit. But "occassionally" does not have to be "daily, in quantity".

Committing yourself to write 2750 words of novel AND 750 words of non-novel journalling when you are still a full time student (with a full time social life) is risking creating a lot of stress for what marginal benefit, I'm not quite sure.

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