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NaNoWriMo -- Day 3: The Breakdown
Nov. 3rd, 2009 01:29 amOkay, it's 1.30am on the third day of NaNoWriMo and I've already given up.
Why? It's not for lack of inspiration. I've come up with some fun ideas for my story.
It's because I don't write like this. (Not because I'm a wuss or lost my writing stamina for novels.)
1) I like to linger and trace over an idea for a story in my head before I write it down. I usually make a lot of notes and sketches before going through with it, but I abhor outlines.
2) I don't type my stories for a first draft. I just don't. It's been a rule of thumb that has garnered me odd looks since I first started writing. I'm an absolute nut job, but it has to be handwritten or I will in fact go insane (I had once theorized this but now have come to realize that it is a fact thanks to this). The story just doesn't flow. My brain does not register that it's a story unless my hands are scribbling.
3) If my entire methodology for writing is in conflict with this, there's no way I can properly continue. This was a test run, but obviously this was the wrong venue to push myself into.
4) I do plan on writing Confessions of a Fairy Godmother (working title which I abhor but can't find an adequate replacement for at the moment) as a novel, except at my own pace not brain puke.
Now I need some sleep.
P.S. That means I have to slink off and edit the next chapter of Wake Me Up... I came up with a scene I've decided to insert into Chapter 5, which is already too long because I put part of Chapter 4 in AND now want an extra scene. :P
Why? It's not for lack of inspiration. I've come up with some fun ideas for my story.
It's because I don't write like this. (Not because I'm a wuss or lost my writing stamina for novels.)
1) I like to linger and trace over an idea for a story in my head before I write it down. I usually make a lot of notes and sketches before going through with it, but I abhor outlines.
2) I don't type my stories for a first draft. I just don't. It's been a rule of thumb that has garnered me odd looks since I first started writing. I'm an absolute nut job, but it has to be handwritten or I will in fact go insane (I had once theorized this but now have come to realize that it is a fact thanks to this). The story just doesn't flow. My brain does not register that it's a story unless my hands are scribbling.
3) If my entire methodology for writing is in conflict with this, there's no way I can properly continue. This was a test run, but obviously this was the wrong venue to push myself into.
4) I do plan on writing Confessions of a Fairy Godmother (working title which I abhor but can't find an adequate replacement for at the moment) as a novel, except at my own pace not brain puke.
Now I need some sleep.
P.S. That means I have to slink off and edit the next chapter of Wake Me Up... I came up with a scene I've decided to insert into Chapter 5, which is already too long because I put part of Chapter 4 in AND now want an extra scene. :P