I'm still tinkering with the plot, and the funny thing is that what's forming shares similarities to what I'd originally planned but a few days ago, I thought the original plot was completely thrown out. I really hope to get a lot of writing done this weekend. (I may push to finish this sucker.)
7/27/09
I'm not sure if today's installment is exactly sticking to the rules of writing. It's mainly plot brainstorming. I'm going to call it good for now. I got a fair bit figured out which is comforting and will make writing tomorrow even easier.
7/26/09
Only wrote 160 words tonight due to a nasty headache due to flea bombing the house. Hopefully will do better tomorrow.
7/25/09
Ugh, I got the writing done, but I'm more focused on a mundane problem beseiging me and that is fleas. Man, fleas are evil. I'm fogging the upstairs of my house right now, but my cats still got them, nevermind having been treated with Frontline about a week ago. I'm going to have to fog the downstairs and figure out how to do that tomorrow. It's going to suck. No doubt about it. But at least the writing got done.
7/24/09
Nothing really to report today. The words added up quick today because I had a clear little bit to write, but plot didn't move forward much. At least not the main plot. Trying to figure out how the story ends is tough. I'm pretty proud of the final confrontation in Scary Mary and trying to write something as good as that or even better is a pretty daunting task to me. I hope something comes together soon.
7/23/09
I wish I were a better writer. One who could plan stuff and actually do it. I'm always interested in hearing how authors plot their novels. Some use note cards that outline the story while others write it down like an instruction manual. I tried to do note cards with Stalking Shadows, but I couldn't figure out all the bits of the plot so I started writing before I had it fully planned, and now I've thrown out all the note cards because I didn't stick to any of the things I had planned, except for putting Vicky in a coma. I don't even know how to layout chapters. I just realized that I'd gone 30pages without a chapter break, and previous chapters were on average about 10 pages. That's how I've been figuring chapters. Every 10 pages, chapter break. I know that's too simplistic, but I figure it's better than not putting chapter breaks in at all. Well, got what I wanted done. That new thing that I had introduced into the plot from yesterday has been toned down a bit, though I'm still working on it. I'm closing in on the end of Chapter 11. Man, it doesn't seem like I've gotten very far at all.
Keep on, Keeping on
Well, got writing done today and I gotta say, when you're forced to churn out stuff then plot sort of happens that you may not have planned or even thought about. I introduced something that I'm not sure where I'm going with yet, but I'm pretty interested in pursuing it. Hopefully by the time I sit down to write again tomorrow, I'll have some idea about what the hell I'm doing.
Write Or Die
I've become addicted to the website Write Or Die. It's a neat little tool that forces you to write. If you don't, there are dire consequences. I've been using it off and on the past few days, and it's really helped me out. I have a bad habit of lingering over stuff too long and ruminating on what to write next to the point where not much of anything gets written. I've been getting 500 words out at a time with Write or Die and that's pretty good for me. Now, all this stuff is rough draft stuff, but it's getting written which is the important part. In case you were wondering, Stalking Shadows is now 3000 words longer than Scary Mary and is not done yet. Unfortunately, I'm still trying to figure out how this sucker ends.
Well, I'll start blogging again I think. Expect to see quite a few of the following accompanying my posts:
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