One major issue is I have lots of ideas. It's a curse. I hear about some writers being one trick ponies who can't get a second wind after completing their one novel. I forget her name, but the writer of To Kill A Mocking Bird only wrote one story. Most of Herman Melville's work was about whaling. Nicholas Sparks has told the same love story over and over again.
I don't think I could ever work like that. I love so many different varieties of stories. I could never be married to one genre or narrative. I got to stretch my legs.
The problem is that, inevitably, twenty different stories run through my head, and I have no way to give them all form. I need to select the coolest stories, and write them.
The problem is bouncing between them. I have two works in progress right now. One is in the editing phase, another in the early stages. I need to work on both. Now. I have no time to do so, but I need to get it started.
Here's the problem. I get lost in between two worlds, unable to focus on either, which ends with me lost without a story.
I need to get my ass in gear. I need to be motivated.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
NaNoWriMo '14 - Day 1 Report
Start of the second day, and no progress has been made.
Not a word, letter, space--I don't even have a title yet. Nada. As little as you can have in a manuscript. I blame my girlfriend coming over--how dare she be so cute that I can't work?--and my other work-in-progress, keeping me from my new work.
Multiple works-in-progress can be a bit overwhelming. On one hand, it's good to have a wide spread of work to keep you busy. As long as you're writing something, you're doing a good job. On the other hand, sometimes it's a little distracting. My other work is a cyberpunk fantasy story. My NaNoWriMo novel is an urban fantasy. The main characters in my older work are all adults. My NaNoWriMo cast are teens.
And I plan on turning them both into trilogies.
Am I just mental? Crazy? The hell am I doing, going on piling my plate with so much writing? I have no clue. Probably totally mental, going ahead with this silly writing trek. Time will tell...but, by tonight, I plan on getting at least 5k words done.
Not a word, letter, space--I don't even have a title yet. Nada. As little as you can have in a manuscript. I blame my girlfriend coming over--how dare she be so cute that I can't work?--and my other work-in-progress, keeping me from my new work.
Multiple works-in-progress can be a bit overwhelming. On one hand, it's good to have a wide spread of work to keep you busy. As long as you're writing something, you're doing a good job. On the other hand, sometimes it's a little distracting. My other work is a cyberpunk fantasy story. My NaNoWriMo novel is an urban fantasy. The main characters in my older work are all adults. My NaNoWriMo cast are teens.
And I plan on turning them both into trilogies.
Am I just mental? Crazy? The hell am I doing, going on piling my plate with so much writing? I have no clue. Probably totally mental, going ahead with this silly writing trek. Time will tell...but, by tonight, I plan on getting at least 5k words done.
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