*It* Has Begun....

[dawn_felagund]

Since I was a good girl and did my NaNo despite lots of real-life obstacles, then I have rewarded myself with a December free to write whatever I want. No projects...well, except for the holiday gifts, but that's a special exception. And writing anything includes writing nothing, which (aside from the holiday project) has pretty much been my

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[frenchpony]

Is this going to be a kissing story. . . ?

[dawn_felagund]

A kissing story?

Meaning a romance? Yes, but not in the formulaic sense. It will be a romance because it is about the love/obsession between these two characters primarily. But it will not be happy-dappy-touchy-feely. It will be less of these things than AMC was.

There will be kissing in it. It's a Dawn Felagund story; there's almost always naughty bits.

Is that what you meant?

[frenchpony]

Eh. I meant it primarily in the Fred-Savage-in-The-Princess-Bride sense. Never have been one for romances.

[dawn_felagund]

Thanks! :) *pets Elrond*

[rhapsody11]

Oh girl {{{hugs}}} You're gonna be fine and there are plot and storyline beta's out there to use as a sounding board and can keep good oversight of a story to help out. Not the detailed minor things, but the helicopter view thing. (eugh I am not awake yet, so I am not sure I am making sense) Since I am most often such a beta and you lose sight, just let me know.

It's funny because whenever I start a new novel, I actually get nervous. It's like I feel that if I mess up on those first few steps, the rest of the novel will be scrap. Well this is why I am hesistant to post a wip and I mostly give in because a beta is so bouncy about it or friends are so looking forward to see it at an archive. I always try my best to get it in best shape possible, but I think I just lose readers who read the first chapter without reading the rest because it's a wip and they don't want to wait for it so long before I update. Oh it's a Rhapsody WIP, who knows when that *ever* gets finished. It would explain the big hits on the first chapter and then

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you, Rhapsy. :) I am using an outline for this story; I am trying to get in the habit of doing that with all of my longer works. I am at last becoming a responsible novel-writer. *sigh* So I hope that I will not lose sight of it. We'll see. :)

I absolutely cannot share WiPs, especially novels. It's just against my nature; the story must be mine in its entirety until it's finished. Then I trim the bits I don't want others to see. I trimmed an entire subplot from AMC; I will trim a lot from the NaNo novel too, I suspect. I write more honestly if I convince myself that no one will read it but me.

Being an ESL writer is tough sometimes.

I am always so grateful that English is my first language. I really admire those of you that learn it as a second (or third!) language. It's not easy. I'm working with a friend from Croatia on copyediting her stories, and we get into these long and detailed discussions of English grammar. I have been studying English grammar for years now and there are questions that she asks that I do not know

[angelica_ramses]

More reading to be looking forward to. Great!!!
Good luck and happy writing!

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you! :) With me, you will learn, there is always writing on the way. I tend to be prolific. ;) I'm glad that it's something you look forward to!

[atanwende]

Now that's really quite a scary title for a new folder... novel... *shudders* I guess there won't ever be one with that ending on my flash drive, or hard drive, or anywhere...

... but then I'm the woman with 3 folders for barely begun screenplays on my PC, so that's not less scarier, I fear. ;)

[dawn_felagund]

*snicker*

Being the oddity that I am, a novel tends to scare me less than a short story. I can ramble and waffle and whatever in a novel, and if it gets off course, that can be a good thing. AMC was one huge drift off course. ;) Short stories require much more focus and effort. There was once a time when I swore that I would not write stories shorter than novels. I quickly discovered, though, that short stories are harder but a far more convenient way to spend an afternoon!

[atanwende]

I think for me it would be harder to write a whole novel, but then, I've never tried it. ;-P Though I guess that writing a screenplay is actually closer to writing a short story than to writing a novel. Due to the way the medium 'film' works, it usually needs a very compact plot or you'll really lose your audience along the way. ;)