NaNo... -__-;;

[askerian]

NaNoWriMo starts on Monday and I still don't know what story I want to poke at, or even if I really want to do it this year.

Anyway I don't have a new Ofic to prod, so it would either be more Mermaids in Space (... sorry, Mermaids... IN SPACE!!) or more Black Ops Werewolves.

Or maybe Teamwork. I dunno, it's all asleepy right now. *prods it with a stick*

I'm not feeling it. T__T The werewolves are love but I don't have a real plot. The mermaids have a plot but I don't have the love. Well, yes, i love them but. The werewolves don't have any interesting characters on other teams and local werepeople to interact with! The mermaids don't have any shiny mermaid and two-tail people to interact with! There's plot hooks enough, but for me who loves nothing more than character interaction, that makes things FLAAAT. It's like, okay, yay, my car has a motor, now it can roll forward without needing a slope and gravity to gang up on it. Neat. Now could I have some seats and a radio please? Also a wheel, a wheel would be nice. Cause otherwise I'm taking the bus.

*ponders Tyr/Liadan crossover interaction*

Also there's Real Life things coming up this month and I'm not sure how much I'll feel like writing. (it's nothing bad, job search stuff. I suppose everyone must go through that at some point. I'm just horrible at dealing with that kind of stress.) Or perhaps having something I must write would be a great distraction! No friggin clue.

As for Teamwork, I seriously doubt that it'll take me 50,000 words to get to the end of TW3. Though I suppose it would help if I could decide if the marriage is part of TW3 or its separate sequelthing! though at this point the sequels are all such an interconnected mess I suspect it's all mostly academic. Okay, no, TW 3 was the tournament, tournament'll be over by then, therefore since TW 4 is something else! that means Teamwork:Marriage is an interlude instead! A hugeass interlude. In several parts. Plus outsider POV sidefics. ahaha o self wat. Okay, not an interlude. TW3.5? I mean, i've got the Suna trip down as TW2.5 already. ...Someone put me out of my misery. DX

Comments

[darksea.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you're not really looking forward to NaNo, in which case, don't push yourself to do something you won't enjoy. It's always sounded to me like a month set aside to give impetus to people who keep finding excuses not to write the rest of the year. You're creative all the time, so no worries there.

I'm very fond of the mermaids, but I can see where you've sort of written yourself into a corner, and all the plot bits waiting in the wings are getting in the way of character development and non-scripted interaction (I guess? Maybe it's just my interpretation). Getting rid of particularly strangly elements might help, or just letting it sit for a while and coming back to it later with fresh eyes, so you can see what's going on when you're not so involved. (Actually, that applies to any story.)

Basically, do whatever you want to do. If you want to write, write. If you don't want to, don't. But don't feel you have to commit to anything, just because it's November.

[askerian]

yeah, but I'm really scattered as a writer, and I never write on ofic. I feel kinda bad about that especially. Especially the mermaids, I really want to finish them, I have so much of the world and plot and everything, and it's such a pretty world and full of pretty mental picture, but i stalled on the rewrite of the sticky bits and I never started again. I don't know why, because i know how to get out of there now! it's just not happening, I keep telling myself i'll write it next month, so maybe with a set date... Then again guilt isn't the best reason to nano. ~__~;

I'm glad you like the mermaids, though. Thank you. ^^ ♥♥♥

[darksea.livejournal.com]

I'm terrible at finishing stories myself, so I know what you mean. And giving yourself a goal and a deadline may be just what you need... but I'd hate for you to beat yourself up and feel horrible if it doesn't work out.

Of course, if you do decide to do NaNo, and to work on the mermaids for it, and it works out, I'll be thrilled. I really enjoyed all the worldbuilding you did before. *hint hint* >.>