So, about NaNo...

[askerian]

-___-;; like every year, a quick start and then I stalled. The issue here is my beginning wasn't well defined, so I dragged things on and lost the rhythm for a bit, temporarily found it again, and then ran straight into "okay, this is taking a direction I was NOT aiming for", which is always an issue when you know exactly where you want your people to be in chapter four or five of the story but you don't have a clue how to get them there. I'm going to try to continue working on this version of the story's beginning, but even though there are moments I like in it, I don't think it's the right start for the story I wanted to tell, either. I definitely don't work well without a detailed plan.

(also i've been binging on sunhawk fics and any other long GW things I could get my hands on, which does not help any. XD;)

Comments

[lana-san.livejournal.com]

You are indulging in Sunhawks' fics during NaNoWriMo? You're crazy! Not only do those things take longer to read than whole series of published books, but they are so well written and emotionally draining that you can barely pull yourself away to eat let alone write your own fiction! Brilliant yes, but all-consuming too.

[editrixfox.livejournal.com]

I. Absolutely. Agree. Sunhawk should be winning a Pulitzer's for her fanfiction. And shame to you, 'Suka. You should know better. .... And now I am itching to read some more Sunhawk. ....It's a good thing I've got most of her long stuff saved to a word doc so I can read it whenever I want. Come to think of it, I don't think I have Rain saved yet. Hmm. Anyway. I know how it goes, I've got a similar problem. It's easy to figure out how you want a story to begin and end ... it's filling in in-between that can get complicated. So many different ways you can route the story to get to the same end. Good luck.