When Things Click
Oh boy did I have a good writing day yesterday. I didn’t plan to either, things just sort of happened. I sat down and was going to do some planning for NaNo and instead thought I’d peck away at The Bond That Consumes Us (Taber’s story). Well a few hours and 4678 words later, my husband pulled me away to watch NCIS.
Wow. Once I got into Taber’s head yesterday things started to really click along. He’s easily one of my favourite characters, and it’s great to finally be in his head and getting his thoughts on paper. And his girl, well, she’s a spit-fire bartender who’s going to shake him up big time. I have company visiting today (they are playing the Wii so I thought I’d sneak off to write this) and can’t work on this until later.
Most of my writing goals this week are going to center around NaNo:
- Write 2000 words a day for every day of NaNoWriMo
Basic, but straightforward.
Now my dilemma is this…for NaNo I’m supposed to start a brand new story. I’m only on chapter two with this one. Should I stop and not start again until Thursday, or work on this like crazy until then and start my urban paranormal for NaNo. ARRGGH!! Bond That Consumes will be 70,000 plus, so I’m not worried about not having room for the 50,000 words I’ll need for NaNo. But I don’t want to cheat either.
What do you think?
October 28th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Well, I really want to read Taber’s story, so I’m not exactly impartial on this. I say work on it for your NaNo… But if the muse is so insistent that you write his story now maybe you should strike while the iron’s hot and keep writing it now … but then will you lose the flow if you stop to write another story for NaNo … Arrrgggh! To heck on NaNo. Write Taber’s story!
October 28th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
That’s a tough dilemma indeed, when you have a story flowing well but you want to write another for something like NaNo. I would advise you not to break the flow — flow is so precious and it can be hard to get back once broken! But good luck, whatever you decide.
I’m brainstorming like crazy for NaNo and will hopefully be ready to hit the ground running with my story on November 1!
October 28th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
That’s easy. Go with the one you’re writing, the one with the 2 chapters done. NaNo isn’t just about starting a new story. It’s about using the time to write. The year before last I wrote 5 different stories during NaNo. So what if I wrote 5 of 10K each instead of one? My goal was exactly that, to write 5 stories of 10K each. So use the whole NaNo energy to finish this story.
If you stop now to write a new story for NaNo, maybe you’ll lose the muse for this other story you’re writing now.
October 29th, 2007 at 12:37 am
I’m not going to officially sign up for NaNo, because I want to work on my WIP. But I’m going to act like I’m doing it. Nov. 1st, I’m off! I agree with Tempest, it’s the energy of NaNo that’s most important. Just keep going while the words are flowing on your Taber story.
October 29th, 2007 at 1:04 am
Congrats a good day! Those are always pleasant
I’m also not “officially” signing up for Nano, but I am working a short story into a novella. I agree with Julia and Tempest - energy and momentum. Maybe the push to write is what’s more important. Whatever you decide to do, best of luck!
Also - the more I look at Assassin’s Creed, the more I like. Usually, I don’t push Microsoft stuff, but the 360 makes everything look so ridiculously pretty on screen. Plus - the guys who created Prince of Persia (fantastic puzzle/climbing games) did AC.
October 29th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Congrats on the good day. I haven’t had a good day in a LONG time. I want to start my new story … the one I have planned for NaNo so my muse is driving me crazy … but I don’t want to start it until this Thursday. ARGH!!! I am trying to get my brain to work on the Jewel of the Nile I’ve been puttering with. ARGH