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So, because I am so stubborn as to not give up this whole "write two 75k-word novels" idea, I decided I would find a way to make it happen.
This morning, I created a lovely Excel spreadsheet in which I created a row for each day in November and proceeded to list all of the scenes I had planned for each novel. Then, I estimated the total word count I wanted each scene to be, and arranged the scenes in groups of three or four so that I ended up writing about 5000 words each day. I was all excited, because I liked the idea of having an organized chart to keep myself on task, as I usually just dive in with a very rough outline and no conception of where the plot is going. Yayy~~
WAIT HOLD UP. Only half of the chart is filled. I have enough scenes to fill roughly half of each book. If I combined everything together, I could make one nice 75k-word novel. BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANT. I have planned the scenes out very carefully so I know exactly what is meant to happen in each of these novels. I can't just mush em together and expect it to flow.
BUT I NEED PLOTZ. I hadn't realized that I was so desperately short on happenins. I'm afraid to keep planning, because I don't want to end up forcing anything, but at the same time I hate staring at an Excel spreadsheet with SO MANY BLANK COLUMNS OH MY GOD. I'm hoping (and almost assuming) that, once I start writing these scenes and getting them in some sort of order, the rest of the story will just fall into place around them. Lit fic is character driven, right? Well, I'm turnin' the wheel over to these little guys right away!
Characters: ... -__-()
SHUT UP GUYS. YOU'RE DRIVING THE CRAZY TRAIN NOW.
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*runs and jumps off cliff*
This morning, I created a lovely Excel spreadsheet in which I created a row for each day in November and proceeded to list all of the scenes I had planned for each novel. Then, I estimated the total word count I wanted each scene to be, and arranged the scenes in groups of three or four so that I ended up writing about 5000 words each day. I was all excited, because I liked the idea of having an organized chart to keep myself on task, as I usually just dive in with a very rough outline and no conception of where the plot is going. Yayy~~
WAIT HOLD UP. Only half of the chart is filled. I have enough scenes to fill roughly half of each book. If I combined everything together, I could make one nice 75k-word novel. BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANT. I have planned the scenes out very carefully so I know exactly what is meant to happen in each of these novels. I can't just mush em together and expect it to flow.
BUT I NEED PLOTZ. I hadn't realized that I was so desperately short on happenins. I'm afraid to keep planning, because I don't want to end up forcing anything, but at the same time I hate staring at an Excel spreadsheet with SO MANY BLANK COLUMNS OH MY GOD. I'm hoping (and almost assuming) that, once I start writing these scenes and getting them in some sort of order, the rest of the story will just fall into place around them. Lit fic is character driven, right? Well, I'm turnin' the wheel over to these little guys right away!
Characters: ... -__-()
SHUT UP GUYS. YOU'RE DRIVING THE CRAZY TRAIN NOW.
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*runs and jumps off cliff*