Actually, I need to get to bed. I have to get up at 7 tomorrow for work. But I am working every other day right now and my sleep schedule is all screwy. I'm not tired yet but I'll be feeling it tomorrow.
I saw your comment on chochajin's journal. Glad to see you're back! Livejournal is having issues though, I added you first, and apparently you list me as your friend instead of just being friends already? lol So you're writing a novel, that's amazing! I'm always admired of pple who can write stories in English. I couldn't turn off the internet when I'm being productive lol, 'cause I'm constantly reading stuff on the internet during my studies XD, but I'm glad the method works for you :D
Yeah I think I remember you saying you had already added me, or that you would, but something must have not gone through I guess. When I added you it said I wasn't listed as your friend yet. I tried to message you at the time but I think your security setting didn't allow it because it wouldn't let me.
Yeah I know it doesn't always work but I find that for writing I don't really need the internet, though I need my computer. The internet is just a distraction so I can write better without it. However if you need internet for an assignment you can't really do that D:
First of all, congrats on the 28,000 words! That's awesome! You should be very, very proud of yourself.
Secondly, if you use Firefox, there's this wonderful addon called LeechBlock that'll block time-wasting websites during certain times you specify. From 9 to 12, I simply don't have access to LJ, Tumblr, Twitter, and Cheezburger. You can even set it up so that you can't disable the addon during the time the block is active.
If you're like me and simply can't control yourself, this addon is a blessing!
First of all, generally, overwriting is better than underwriting. If nothing else, you'll still get valuable character development out of writing in other characters' POVs. Anything you write can be edited later, so just go with it. :) This is the fun part where you don't have to worry about what other people will think and just let the magic happen.
A lot of YA (young adult) novels are told from alternating POVs. Leaving Paradise, Of Poseidon, and Cracked come to mind right away. Of Poseidon has strange alternating POVs where the female protagonist's perspective is in first-person, and the male protagonist's is in third. That was kind of jarring, really. Forever, last book of the Wolves of Mercy Falls series, had 5 first-person perspectives in it, and I hardly noticed (in a good way). Oh yeah, Monsters of Men, final book in the Chaos Walking series, is told by alternating perspectives. In my opinion, that one was done poorly because the two voices, male and female, weren't very distinct. (The story itself, however, was fantastic
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Ah, well the chapters I've written are all done in 3rd person, it's just that sometimes the characters' thoughts are revealed in narration and italics for their quoted specific thoughts. But I've always preferred 3rd person. Stephen King's narration has always appealed to me. He generally has a buttload of characters in each book and bounces between them in 3rd person. I'm not that big of a fan of 1st person unless it focuses on one character. I mean, obviously a lot of non-fiction memoir stuff comes to mind, which is fine, and natural... but for fiction I prefer 3rd person I think. Of course there's always 2nd person :P but I don't like to go there.
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Turning off the internet really works for me. Because I am so, so addicted to it.
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I just never want to.
Turn it off and get to work!
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Actually, I need to get to bed. I have to get up at 7 tomorrow for work. But I am working every other day right now and my sleep schedule is all screwy. I'm not tired yet but I'll be feeling it tomorrow.
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Livejournal is having issues though, I added you first, and apparently you list me as your friend instead of just being friends already? lol
So you're writing a novel, that's amazing! I'm always admired of pple who can write stories in English.
I couldn't turn off the internet when I'm being productive lol, 'cause I'm constantly reading stuff on the internet during my studies XD, but I'm glad the method works for you :D
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Yeah I know it doesn't always work but I find that for writing I don't really need the internet, though I need my computer. The internet is just a distraction so I can write better without it. However if you need internet for an assignment you can't really do that D:
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Secondly, if you use Firefox, there's this wonderful addon called LeechBlock that'll block time-wasting websites during certain times you specify. From 9 to 12, I simply don't have access to LJ, Tumblr, Twitter, and Cheezburger. You can even set it up so that you can't disable the addon during the time the block is active.
If you're like me and simply can't control yourself, this addon is a blessing!
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/leechblock/
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A lot of YA (young adult) novels are told from alternating POVs. Leaving Paradise, Of Poseidon, and Cracked come to mind right away. Of Poseidon has strange alternating POVs where the female protagonist's perspective is in first-person, and the male protagonist's is in third. That was kind of jarring, really. Forever, last book of the Wolves of Mercy Falls series, had 5 first-person perspectives in it, and I hardly noticed (in a good way). Oh yeah, Monsters of Men, final book in the Chaos Walking series, is told by alternating perspectives. In my opinion, that one was done poorly because the two voices, male and female, weren't very distinct. (The story itself, however, was fantastic ( ... )
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