I can't believe I'm doing this!
I signed up for NaNoWriMo, and I have my plot(for the most part) and my characters(which may balloon or shrink at any moment), but I am freaking out over it. I really want to see if I can actually start and finish a novel-length anything, except my anxiety is starting to really kick in, and I've got to keep going.
I feel like I'm going nuts!
OTOH, I'm about halfway through Act 3 of Off We Go, and I think I know where Act 4 is going to end, Element of Soul isn't writing right now, and PMPB has some wording issues that have stalled it, though all-in-all, I'm waaay more confident about my fanfic endeavors than my NaNo story.
I suppose part of what scares me with original fic is that I don't get to skip the whole character development writing part and go straight to the meat of the story. Somehow I'm going to have to balance the fact that my characters want to get out and do stuff with the whole telling people what they're like bit. Chase, stop being spunky and sit down so folks can get to know you! Bear, why do you have to think out answers to an off-the-cuff question?
Yeah, I argue with my characters all the time. One of my problems with Element of Soul Dawn is that she really wants to get her first date with Jason out of the way, and there's no time for it in the storyline, because there's like 3 days left timewise and no way I can see either of them overlooking the murders for j-time, or would they be potential at this point? Bah.
And I'm counting down to midnight, waiting for the end of the world. Or the start of my very first NaNo experience. Either way, I'm terrified.
I feel like I'm going nuts!
OTOH, I'm about halfway through Act 3 of Off We Go, and I think I know where Act 4 is going to end, Element of Soul isn't writing right now, and PMPB has some wording issues that have stalled it, though all-in-all, I'm waaay more confident about my fanfic endeavors than my NaNo story.
I suppose part of what scares me with original fic is that I don't get to skip the whole character development writing part and go straight to the meat of the story. Somehow I'm going to have to balance the fact that my characters want to get out and do stuff with the whole telling people what they're like bit. Chase, stop being spunky and sit down so folks can get to know you! Bear, why do you have to think out answers to an off-the-cuff question?
Yeah, I argue with my characters all the time. One of my problems with Element of Soul Dawn is that she really wants to get her first date with Jason out of the way, and there's no time for it in the storyline, because there's like 3 days left timewise and no way I can see either of them overlooking the murders for j-time, or would they be potential at this point? Bah.
And I'm counting down to midnight, waiting for the end of the world. Or the start of my very first NaNo experience. Either way, I'm terrified.