Lots of rambling to myself
Mmmm books. Delicious books.
And I think I decided on the final history and background for the world of the story I plan on writing for NaNo. Now I have... Mmm, 1.5 months to work out all the kinks. Finish my outline. Maybe even revamp the outline for my previous incarnation I didn't finish, so that this short story fits into it. Write up major events I know I want to happen. Little scenes that I want to happen, just no idea when. Plots that could be books in their own right. *strokes chin thoughtfully*
My major problem with stories is not knowing how they end. If I had that, I'd so be set, but like so many things in my life they wander aimlessly and without an end goal.
And add to my list re-reading the 100 freaking pages I wrote up before and writing up all the names of people, places, and things that I made up on the fly. Then adding details to said places that probably won't ever come up in the story but would irritate me if I didn't know them and actually NEEDED it. Then proceed to write out detailed backgrounds on ALL my major characters, and even 2nd tier characters, even though most of that shit won't come into the story, because I need to practice my character building anyway. And every personality has things that drive it, and I can't properly write them if I don't know their motivations, now can I? I probably can, actually, but I would feel incomplete. :|
And now to create a nice little folder to hold it all...
EDIT: Oh snaaaa- I thought of this long ago. Mmm I love my character spreadsheets. But there are 41 characters on it... Not all had been mentioned yet, but... goddamn... *shoots self*
And I think I decided on the final history and background for the world of the story I plan on writing for NaNo. Now I have... Mmm, 1.5 months to work out all the kinks. Finish my outline. Maybe even revamp the outline for my previous incarnation I didn't finish, so that this short story fits into it. Write up major events I know I want to happen. Little scenes that I want to happen, just no idea when. Plots that could be books in their own right. *strokes chin thoughtfully*
My major problem with stories is not knowing how they end. If I had that, I'd so be set, but like so many things in my life they wander aimlessly and without an end goal.
And add to my list re-reading the 100 freaking pages I wrote up before and writing up all the names of people, places, and things that I made up on the fly. Then adding details to said places that probably won't ever come up in the story but would irritate me if I didn't know them and actually NEEDED it. Then proceed to write out detailed backgrounds on ALL my major characters, and even 2nd tier characters, even though most of that shit won't come into the story, because I need to practice my character building anyway. And every personality has things that drive it, and I can't properly write them if I don't know their motivations, now can I? I probably can, actually, but I would feel incomplete. :|
And now to create a nice little folder to hold it all...
EDIT: Oh snaaaa- I thought of this long ago. Mmm I love my character spreadsheets. But there are 41 characters on it... Not all had been mentioned yet, but... goddamn... *shoots self*