NaNoWriMo - Day 3
So I guess I'm not going to post officially in the NaNoWriMo website that I guess tracks words? I'm working on too many separate things. And the novel is plenty of *words* right now, just a little ...thin...on that whole...middle part. Like, plot. But I had a revelation today, i think. though it happens a lot. I have to let it percolate in my mind for a while. I think that one of the characters is actually the McGuffin. So...I have to see how it works. It's one of these ideas that is niggling at the back of my brain, you know?
I have usually found that when the middle doesn't flow, it's because the beginning is not set up right. So since the first conception of this novel, it has been (in my mind) a road trip, a race to find this thing or to keep the other guy from getting the thing first. But I haven't been able to exactly nail down the thing. i have this whole set up, with a kidnapping in exchange for a location. But for some reason i hit a brick wall. I have these recurring images of my characters on the run, chasing and being chased and I can't quite figure out why! It's very frustrating. I've tried writing around it and I am just so stuck. So it's time to re-read some )pages and pages) of notes and if i had my way go for a long drive just to think. But that's too frustrating around here so maybe I'll just have to shower a lot!
What are anybody else's ways to think? Water works for me, showering or doing the dishes, long drives are really good. Theoretically I should be able to do it on the treadmill, but all I can think is 'i hate this, i hate this, i hate this' which tends to override any plot.
A shorter Wincest piece is going good. I'll probably work on that tonight. I lost this whole day to a stupid undeserved hangover. My body betrayed me. i didn't drink THAT much last night. And there is an exceptionally smutty and emotional wincest fic that forced itself out of brain and into a doc the other day. i wrote a lot of it in a stream and had to stop, so i wrote some notes and will probably finish it soon. But it's really smutty for me. But the smut is crucial to the piece, I swear. It has to happen.
anyway, that's enough about me. What's going on with anyone else?
I have usually found that when the middle doesn't flow, it's because the beginning is not set up right. So since the first conception of this novel, it has been (in my mind) a road trip, a race to find this thing or to keep the other guy from getting the thing first. But I haven't been able to exactly nail down the thing. i have this whole set up, with a kidnapping in exchange for a location. But for some reason i hit a brick wall. I have these recurring images of my characters on the run, chasing and being chased and I can't quite figure out why! It's very frustrating. I've tried writing around it and I am just so stuck. So it's time to re-read some )pages and pages) of notes and if i had my way go for a long drive just to think. But that's too frustrating around here so maybe I'll just have to shower a lot!
What are anybody else's ways to think? Water works for me, showering or doing the dishes, long drives are really good. Theoretically I should be able to do it on the treadmill, but all I can think is 'i hate this, i hate this, i hate this' which tends to override any plot.
A shorter Wincest piece is going good. I'll probably work on that tonight. I lost this whole day to a stupid undeserved hangover. My body betrayed me. i didn't drink THAT much last night. And there is an exceptionally smutty and emotional wincest fic that forced itself out of brain and into a doc the other day. i wrote a lot of it in a stream and had to stop, so i wrote some notes and will probably finish it soon. But it's really smutty for me. But the smut is crucial to the piece, I swear. It has to happen.
anyway, that's enough about me. What's going on with anyone else?