NaNo block
Would any of you NaNoWriMo writers like to join a small, intimate LJ community devoted to discussing the work? noplotnoproblem is rather quiet this year and we're looking for new blood to stir things up. All that is required is that you be officially writing a na-novel this year and that you know a member of the community (me). If you're interested let me know and I'll recommend you. Here's a handy little poll to make it easy.Poll For noplotnoproblem
Last night's writing was horrendous, and my plans went askew. I arrived downtown to discover the
-bar occupied for a film festival. I figured the Penny Whistle would be similarly devoted, and my hip was too sore for hobbling around the streets in search of another friendly work area. So I picked up Mary Brown's chicken and came home. I chained myself mentally to the desk for two hours, but it was awful. Bored with the material, feeling no sense of direction, I resorted to free writing, and even that felt agonizingly uninspired. I have posted it privately in blind_king because I don't want anyone else to read it. It doesn't develop the narrative anyway.
At least I cranked out another 1,950 words, so didn't fall further behind. The free writing actually produced interesting passages that have little to do with Ripples. Much goes on in the back rooms of the mind, the parts not involved in struggling and protesting. This could give rise to poetry or even seed some further scenes in the novel. This is part of the creative process. This is why we writers do masochistic things like NaNoWriMo. But I hope things get better, because I refuse to slog this way for the rest of the month. Hopefully today's session with machineplay will turn things around.
I want to mention how much I enjoyed Friday evening getting to know themacbear's and gr8grizz' new husbands, veganbear1970 and modern_mark. Once past Jeff's superficial resemblance to dakoopst, I discovered a fully enjoyable person in his own right. We share the creative impulse and discussed doing something collaborative in future. Jeff and Mark also seem to share my taste in music, and we spent some enjoyable time geeking out over songwriters.
From Rockwood yesterday, fire and water.
