You may have thought that we had disappeared....but this is not the case. Actually, we did disappear for a while, but now we're back, at least temporarily.
As many of you know, life sometimes gets in the way. Things have stopped me from blogging regularly, and also (sadly) from writing regularly. But, as Christmastime approaches, I feel the need to try and get back to some of the things that are important to me. This means WRITING MY NOVEL! I have only had a few chances to write over the last little while, and I am very excited to get back to work.
I have been working with the same characters for so long, that I actually miss them when I don't write for a long time. I miss the things they say - even though I basically make them say things, I miss the way they interact with eachother, and I really really miss the way they have been progressing as I continue to revise my novel.
So, I challenge you to start writing again with me! I am sure many people would love to get re-commited to their works in progress, so this is the chance to start again. It's almost a new year, and writing more is the perfect resolution!
Right (write) now, I would like to leave you with a little story about how my novel, which I have been working on for about 2 1/2 years, came to be.
It all began the summer of 2010....
I had just finished my first attempt at a novel (an uncompleted novel that I wrote for NaNoWriMo http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/node), and I really wanted to write something new. When I first started planning this novel, I wanted everything to be perfect. I had big plans. Huge plans. Every name had to be just right, all the characters had to be fully developed, it had to be AMAZING. So, I started writing. I wrote for one whole year, and on the first anniversary of the day I started the novel, I stayed up late to finish it.
Of course by this point, I was starting to have doubts about how perfect it really was...and then I started reading it, and realized that I was completely wrong. It wasn't that it was slightly imperfect - this novel was truly crappy.
So, I started revising. Suddenly, all my perfect character names were commonplace. My scenes were terribly clichéd, the writing was awful, and I had a million changes to make. Obviously, this was very intimidating. I knew I had to start from the beginning. I re-developed all my characters using character questionnaires, I made a story map, and then I started rewriting. I had to completely re-write many many many many scenes, and my novel is still looking kind of intimidating, but I think things are slightly more under control.
When I started this novel, I had no idea that I'd be working on it for so long. I didn't think I'd be able to stick with it for more than one summer, but, I fell in love with my characters. I started to think I had a story worth telling, and now, I feel like I might be at loose ends when this novel is finally finished!
Thanks for reading my novel's story!
-M
As many of you know, life sometimes gets in the way. Things have stopped me from blogging regularly, and also (sadly) from writing regularly. But, as Christmastime approaches, I feel the need to try and get back to some of the things that are important to me. This means WRITING MY NOVEL! I have only had a few chances to write over the last little while, and I am very excited to get back to work.
I have been working with the same characters for so long, that I actually miss them when I don't write for a long time. I miss the things they say - even though I basically make them say things, I miss the way they interact with eachother, and I really really miss the way they have been progressing as I continue to revise my novel.
So, I challenge you to start writing again with me! I am sure many people would love to get re-commited to their works in progress, so this is the chance to start again. It's almost a new year, and writing more is the perfect resolution!
Right (write) now, I would like to leave you with a little story about how my novel, which I have been working on for about 2 1/2 years, came to be.
It all began the summer of 2010....
I had just finished my first attempt at a novel (an uncompleted novel that I wrote for NaNoWriMo http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/node), and I really wanted to write something new. When I first started planning this novel, I wanted everything to be perfect. I had big plans. Huge plans. Every name had to be just right, all the characters had to be fully developed, it had to be AMAZING. So, I started writing. I wrote for one whole year, and on the first anniversary of the day I started the novel, I stayed up late to finish it.
Of course by this point, I was starting to have doubts about how perfect it really was...and then I started reading it, and realized that I was completely wrong. It wasn't that it was slightly imperfect - this novel was truly crappy.
So, I started revising. Suddenly, all my perfect character names were commonplace. My scenes were terribly clichéd, the writing was awful, and I had a million changes to make. Obviously, this was very intimidating. I knew I had to start from the beginning. I re-developed all my characters using character questionnaires, I made a story map, and then I started rewriting. I had to completely re-write many many many many scenes, and my novel is still looking kind of intimidating, but I think things are slightly more under control.
When I started this novel, I had no idea that I'd be working on it for so long. I didn't think I'd be able to stick with it for more than one summer, but, I fell in love with my characters. I started to think I had a story worth telling, and now, I feel like I might be at loose ends when this novel is finally finished!
Thanks for reading my novel's story!
-M
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