plodding ever onward
I broke 40k on NaNoWriMo tonight. I think I figured out roughly in which direction this is going (and, bonus, got to fit in a scene I thought I would have to drop, which is exciting because the interactions in it are going to be amazingly great but the way the story had evolved I thought I wasn't going to get to use it because of where it would have to fall re: character evolution vs point in the plot.)
The farther into this novel I get the more I identify the things i am doing to myself that make it harder. Like trying to make everything dynamic and about interaction and plot instead of spending time in the characters' heads, which--look, inside of characters' heads is what I do. (That and snark.) So I'm trying to cut out most of what makes me make words easily, because, you know, I'm smart or something. *eyeroll at self*
I also was digging throgh my email archives today looking at some of the stuff I'd chatted about with
celeloriel for this novel and found a couple of things that I think are really lovely ideas but I don't think they fit where this book ended up, but maybe I can salvage them and put them in something else. (on the plus side, reading all that reminded me of why I love these characters so much. though it also pointed out to me that I'll likely have to go back and edit a lot more sass into this book. why do I keep trying to do things that aren't in my wheelhouse and then being surprised when they're hard? ~it is a mystery.~)
I am so past ready for the long weekend. Tomorrow will be hard because the office will be half-empty and while I definitely have stuff to do, my brain already wants to be on vacation. Sigh.
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The farther into this novel I get the more I identify the things i am doing to myself that make it harder. Like trying to make everything dynamic and about interaction and plot instead of spending time in the characters' heads, which--look, inside of characters' heads is what I do. (That and snark.) So I'm trying to cut out most of what makes me make words easily, because, you know, I'm smart or something. *eyeroll at self*
I also was digging throgh my email archives today looking at some of the stuff I'd chatted about with
celeloriel for this novel and found a couple of things that I think are really lovely ideas but I don't think they fit where this book ended up, but maybe I can salvage them and put them in something else. (on the plus side, reading all that reminded me of why I love these characters so much. though it also pointed out to me that I'll likely have to go back and edit a lot more sass into this book. why do I keep trying to do things that aren't in my wheelhouse and then being surprised when they're hard? ~it is a mystery.~)
I am so past ready for the long weekend. Tomorrow will be hard because the office will be half-empty and while I definitely have stuff to do, my brain already wants to be on vacation. Sigh.
I've posted this at http://lassarina.dreamwidth.org/1132563.html and you may comment there or here. On Dreamwidth, this entry has
comments.