Was That A No-No?
So I've come to a decision that I'm both excited and nervous about.
My NaNoWriMo novel has been struggling along since the 1st of November. I have missed several days of writing due to real life goings-on... and when I came back to it and tried, I found myself completely uninterested in the scene, setting, and story I was trying to flesh out. I just plain didn't like it.
I have decided to start over.
I know, it's insane. I need to pump out 50,000 words by the 30th and I'm starting over from scratch. In fact, I'm sure there's probably a bulletpoint on a list somewhere that says not to do this. The problem is, the further I get on writing something I despise, the worse it ends up when (and if) I finish it and try to read through it. You can sense my hostility when you read a piece that I hated writing.
Besides -the new idea I've gotten is practically pouring out of me. I just started working the outline on a whim and ended up with several pages of story ideas. I have a feeling it could become epic, if I just get it all down on paper and then go back and edit for several years. The important thing, however, is that I'm enjoying the story and the writing. Finally, I feel like something I'm writing is interesting and people might actually find themselves intrigued by it, pulled in, willing to keep on reading. That's something I often struggle with when I start writing.
SO yeah... things are good on that front, but it's definitely going to be a challenge. I'm not going to flip out about it -it's not like there's a penalty for not making that 50,000 word mark. Just the knowledge that I didn't finish a novel in 30 days or less. Of course, I could just push my deadline back to give myself 30 days... ah, but that is a road I don't want to acknowledge just yet.
My NaNoWriMo novel has been struggling along since the 1st of November. I have missed several days of writing due to real life goings-on... and when I came back to it and tried, I found myself completely uninterested in the scene, setting, and story I was trying to flesh out. I just plain didn't like it.
I have decided to start over.
I know, it's insane. I need to pump out 50,000 words by the 30th and I'm starting over from scratch. In fact, I'm sure there's probably a bulletpoint on a list somewhere that says not to do this. The problem is, the further I get on writing something I despise, the worse it ends up when (and if) I finish it and try to read through it. You can sense my hostility when you read a piece that I hated writing.
Besides -the new idea I've gotten is practically pouring out of me. I just started working the outline on a whim and ended up with several pages of story ideas. I have a feeling it could become epic, if I just get it all down on paper and then go back and edit for several years. The important thing, however, is that I'm enjoying the story and the writing. Finally, I feel like something I'm writing is interesting and people might actually find themselves intrigued by it, pulled in, willing to keep on reading. That's something I often struggle with when I start writing.
SO yeah... things are good on that front, but it's definitely going to be a challenge. I'm not going to flip out about it -it's not like there's a penalty for not making that 50,000 word mark. Just the knowledge that I didn't finish a novel in 30 days or less. Of course, I could just push my deadline back to give myself 30 days... ah, but that is a road I don't want to acknowledge just yet.