The big FAIL!!!
Ok, this month, I attempted to do NaNoWriMo... and completely failed. Some people may ask why, and the explanation is quite simple, I got lazy and didn't. Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love writing, but I have a small problem that seems to pop up any time I try to write. I start up a fic, write out the first chapter or two, and then when I start thinking about how to write it and what direction to go... I do it all... in my HEAD!!!
It's not too bad if, say, I was stopping everything I was doing and writing the next thing that popped into my head, but I don't. It usually happens when I am doing the dishes, laundry, trying to go to sleep, completely bored and waiting on the bus, etc. The worst problem? I also have three kids, and most of the time, I'm pretty lucky if I remember my daughter's diaper bag or sippy cup, or if I managed to bring everything I was going to need whenever I went out. The idea of writing it all in a notebook and then submitting it to FF.net? Well, read above. I'm not so good at remembering stuff, and then I'm ignoring my kids and I can't do that.
I've so far got over sixty or so fanfics that I have completed up in that vacant space I call a brain, even some rewrites for older fics of mine, but I can never seem to remember to WRITE what I am THINKING! Yes, it's annoying, and no, I don't get brownie points for completing them that way, but seriously? I can say that I am trying to get better, and hopefully I can write a full story without having to go years between updates as usual. I just hope I can get over this entire brain crap-out and get back to what I love, which is writing what I love.
It's not too bad if, say, I was stopping everything I was doing and writing the next thing that popped into my head, but I don't. It usually happens when I am doing the dishes, laundry, trying to go to sleep, completely bored and waiting on the bus, etc. The worst problem? I also have three kids, and most of the time, I'm pretty lucky if I remember my daughter's diaper bag or sippy cup, or if I managed to bring everything I was going to need whenever I went out. The idea of writing it all in a notebook and then submitting it to FF.net? Well, read above. I'm not so good at remembering stuff, and then I'm ignoring my kids and I can't do that.
I've so far got over sixty or so fanfics that I have completed up in that vacant space I call a brain, even some rewrites for older fics of mine, but I can never seem to remember to WRITE what I am THINKING! Yes, it's annoying, and no, I don't get brownie points for completing them that way, but seriously? I can say that I am trying to get better, and hopefully I can write a full story without having to go years between updates as usual. I just hope I can get over this entire brain crap-out and get back to what I love, which is writing what I love.