Blood Charms Notes Draft & NPB Notes
So, what is the notes draft. The notes draft is kind of an expansion on the narrative draft: telling, no description, no showing, limited dialogue; '(describe)' is written after anything that needs description; author reminders and background notes are embedded; and I'm adding to world building notes. I'm still working out the story, still getting to know it. Like all my drafts, I'm building on what went before, so I do a mix of overwriting and writing through, and the draft starts with a high word count because I use the narrative draft as my template-I use it to guide me as I write.
This is not to say I don't change things, because I do. I give myself permission to change whatever I need to change. Thus my ending changed between my outline and my narrative draft. And I already know I need to add some scenes that aren't in the narrative draft, so hopefully I'll work them in on the notes draft.
Here's today's progress....
Blood Charms notes draft
starting count: 10,178
ending count: 11,114
gain/loss: +936
Actual (processed) word count: 1371
Total New Words (Day/Week): 1371 / 6639
Total for the Day: 1371
Total for the Week: 10,644
starting line:
Randi (describe) is following the trail of a Shunned, what the world would call a fallen angel or demon if they believed in such things, tracking it by scent through the back alleys of Atlanta.
ending line:
Preferring to be prepared, she showers and lays down for a nap.
Now that last line is the last line of "story". My actual last lines are these:
Characters: Evan
World building: Randi's apartment
Those are some of the notes on things I will need to profile/develop to help me be consistent with my facts. Because my ADHD and anemia give me a 5 minute memory lifespan (really, far more literal than you would think), I HAVE to world build and profile to keep things in the story straight.
Anyway, one thing I'm noticing right away with this notes draft is that it already feels more like the building draft despite "telling, no description, no showing, limited dialogue". In the building draft, I actually start showing, using dialogue, and actually start turning the story into story. I'm not at all sure why this one feels so different than the previous drafts at this level except maybe because Charms is meant to be a cleaner, less...deep? novel than the Alden work.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out differently than my previous NPB novels, which have all been Alden novels to this point.
Anyway, did my 1k. Going to lay down again and hope this mess doesn't get worse. Rest should help, yes?
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This is not to say I don't change things, because I do. I give myself permission to change whatever I need to change. Thus my ending changed between my outline and my narrative draft. And I already know I need to add some scenes that aren't in the narrative draft, so hopefully I'll work them in on the notes draft.
Here's today's progress....
Blood Charms notes draft
starting count: 10,178
ending count: 11,114
gain/loss: +936
Actual (processed) word count: 1371
Total New Words (Day/Week): 1371 / 6639
Total for the Day: 1371
Total for the Week: 10,644
starting line:
Randi (describe) is following the trail of a Shunned, what the world would call a fallen angel or demon if they believed in such things, tracking it by scent through the back alleys of Atlanta.
ending line:
Preferring to be prepared, she showers and lays down for a nap.
Now that last line is the last line of "story". My actual last lines are these:
Characters: Evan
World building: Randi's apartment
Those are some of the notes on things I will need to profile/develop to help me be consistent with my facts. Because my ADHD and anemia give me a 5 minute memory lifespan (really, far more literal than you would think), I HAVE to world build and profile to keep things in the story straight.
Anyway, one thing I'm noticing right away with this notes draft is that it already feels more like the building draft despite "telling, no description, no showing, limited dialogue". In the building draft, I actually start showing, using dialogue, and actually start turning the story into story. I'm not at all sure why this one feels so different than the previous drafts at this level except maybe because Charms is meant to be a cleaner, less...deep? novel than the Alden work.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out differently than my previous NPB novels, which have all been Alden novels to this point.
Anyway, did my 1k. Going to lay down again and hope this mess doesn't get worse. Rest should help, yes?
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whysper back again :: journey New Focus: Writing :: booklog With the Light...Vol. 3: Raising an Autistic Child