NaNo Journal
Day18: (7:15am) Spent most of yesterday's writing time plotting; trying to find the next scene to write. It was a tough day. Today, I am in kindergarten so it's early writing. I'm now pushing up against hard and when things get hard is my usual cue to give up. Need to keep this momentum going.
Day19: (8:20am) The sludge is getting thicker and trudging slower. My writing muscles just aren't fit, too soon they start burning from lactic acid. I just don't know how to make it interesting I guess.
Day20: Writing the fist fight last night was fun, even the kiss at the end. That kind of stuff is hard to write. There's an ethereal you want to convey but words insulate you from the thing, create a separate space between you even as they exist as an attempt to bridge that gap, like tires on your car they insulate you from the road but are what keep the car rolling down it. As hard as writing that fight was it felt rewarding too. More of my characters are coming out into plain view showing me things they want me to understand. I'm trying to ignore plot holes and changing story elements and find more of those moments with my characters.
Day19: (8:20am) The sludge is getting thicker and trudging slower. My writing muscles just aren't fit, too soon they start burning from lactic acid. I just don't know how to make it interesting I guess.
Day20: Writing the fist fight last night was fun, even the kiss at the end. That kind of stuff is hard to write. There's an ethereal you want to convey but words insulate you from the thing, create a separate space between you even as they exist as an attempt to bridge that gap, like tires on your car they insulate you from the road but are what keep the car rolling down it. As hard as writing that fight was it felt rewarding too. More of my characters are coming out into plain view showing me things they want me to understand. I'm trying to ignore plot holes and changing story elements and find more of those moments with my characters.