Last month's experiment was kind of a bummer. I had intended to show appreciation to some people I don't know well but I associate with regularly. One of them was on a road trip and the other called off of work that night.
So instead, I spent money on people who are actually an important part of my life. That was nice ("nice" in a Mr. Tilney kind of way)
The best part of the month was nano. I finished my 50,000 words but, like the previous story on which this one is based, it's pretty unstructured and episodic. Yet another revision I will have to put on the shelf for some mystical time known as "later".
This month I'm not pinning anything on pinterest.
Showing posts with label NANO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NANO. Show all posts
Monday, December 3, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
NANO update!
This is November I will be working an yet another project: a book titled "Insincerity: My Life Among the Lizard People"
Most of the story takes place at the same time, and in the same situations, as "In Sincerity: My Life Among the Animals" but it will be through Morbid's perspective instead of Dro's.
Yup, I'm finally writing about a human being!
I've been writing a prequel short story that will lead up to this novel quite well. It can be found on deviantart, here http://mormonhippie.deviantart.com/gallery/
It does need a lot of revision, so if you have any questions about the confusing narrative or setting please comment so I can address it.
I really like these stories because I'm able to communicate ideas that are important to me though them. However, I also want to make the story enjoyable enough to other people, even if they don't get those ideas.
So please leave feedback if you can!
Most of the story takes place at the same time, and in the same situations, as "In Sincerity: My Life Among the Animals" but it will be through Morbid's perspective instead of Dro's.
Yup, I'm finally writing about a human being!
I've been writing a prequel short story that will lead up to this novel quite well. It can be found on deviantart, here http://mormonhippie.deviantart.com/gallery/
It does need a lot of revision, so if you have any questions about the confusing narrative or setting please comment so I can address it.
I really like these stories because I'm able to communicate ideas that are important to me though them. However, I also want to make the story enjoyable enough to other people, even if they don't get those ideas.
So please leave feedback if you can!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Re-Writer's Block
So frustrating. I have so much inspiration for writing but I can't find the write (right, sorry...) way to say it right now. I'm still editing my nano novel and I've discovered that I'm writing the main character too mellow.
*(Note: the main character is an Evil Lizard Person who was/is the villain in my 2010 nano novel. Whenever I read the lines he speaks in that book I cringeand visualize poking his eyeballs with a pin. He is NOT a nice guy. He's a two faced, back-stabbing, insincere, lying, obnoxious, hypocritical, EVIL lizard person. How did I make him mellow? Really!)
The truth is, pretty early on I knew he wasn't going to stay a bad guy forever. In fact, in my Script frenzy (which I didn't finish all the way) he actually turns good. (I was so proud of myself for making that part happen and not having it feel too cheesy)
But 'My Life Among the Animals' is a Prequel. He's got to be TOTALLY obnoxious and evil in it or else it just ruins the whole point of writing his story in the first place. The character arc won't be complete.
I guess I should have waited, wrote this story first and then the Scriptfrenzy sequel. Now that I know what the problem is, I can write him a little more true to character. I'll have to re-arrange some things in the story-line though.
Just for kicks: here are pictures of three different kind of wristwatches.
Analogue
Steampunk
And Digital
Interesting, huh?
*(Note: the main character is an Evil Lizard Person who was/is the villain in my 2010 nano novel. Whenever I read the lines he speaks in that book I cringe
The truth is, pretty early on I knew he wasn't going to stay a bad guy forever. In fact, in my Script frenzy (which I didn't finish all the way) he actually turns good. (I was so proud of myself for making that part happen and not having it feel too cheesy)
But 'My Life Among the Animals' is a Prequel. He's got to be TOTALLY obnoxious and evil in it or else it just ruins the whole point of writing his story in the first place. The character arc won't be complete.
I guess I should have waited, wrote this story first and then the Scriptfrenzy sequel. Now that I know what the problem is, I can write him a little more true to character. I'll have to re-arrange some things in the story-line though.
Just for kicks: here are pictures of three different kind of wristwatches.
Analogue
Thursday, November 10, 2011
NANO thoughts
I'm taking part in National Novel Writting Month and I find myself falling into the same trap I did last year...
I came up with a story and a character that I really like then in the course of the month I invent another character who is so zany and outragious I want two write that character instead!
Last year my story was a sci-fi mystery/thriller about a girl named Rebecca Wong and how the Lizard People are out to get her. I invented a character named Alejandro Sanchez to be the main villian/lizard person and he was just such a two-faced diabolical character I suddenly found I wanted to write the story from his perspective so I could show how he really gets what's comming to him.
Fortunately I was able to resist and the book is still about Rebecca. This year however, I started telling an Alejandro story and the same thing happened. A while ago I wrote a poem about about and person named "Morbid Thotts" (I am so creative with character names! Jk) And while the poem is nothing special, I came to really love this almost comically negative character.
It was really cool to come up with a backstory for this character and explain why he is the way he is. I actually almost cried when I wrote one part of it.
This fake person is such a gem! I know I can't keep this character as negative as he is forever so I wrote him as a love-interest for Garnet!
(Spoilers: Yes she does actually die in last years book, but don't worry she's a Lizard person so it will all work out) Yay for odd couples!
I came up with a story and a character that I really like then in the course of the month I invent another character who is so zany and outragious I want two write that character instead!
Last year my story was a sci-fi mystery/thriller about a girl named Rebecca Wong and how the Lizard People are out to get her. I invented a character named Alejandro Sanchez to be the main villian/lizard person and he was just such a two-faced diabolical character I suddenly found I wanted to write the story from his perspective so I could show how he really gets what's comming to him.
Fortunately I was able to resist and the book is still about Rebecca. This year however, I started telling an Alejandro story and the same thing happened. A while ago I wrote a poem about about and person named "Morbid Thotts" (I am so creative with character names! Jk) And while the poem is nothing special, I came to really love this almost comically negative character.
It was really cool to come up with a backstory for this character and explain why he is the way he is. I actually almost cried when I wrote one part of it.
This fake person is such a gem! I know I can't keep this character as negative as he is forever so I wrote him as a love-interest for Garnet!
(Spoilers: Yes she does actually die in last years book, but don't worry she's a Lizard person so it will all work out) Yay for odd couples!
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