Fnorg.
Gotta say I'm at least a little worried about the prospect of cranking out a narrative. If it were "write 50K works about something or another," I don't doubt I could do it. And as much as I can intellectually understand the concept of, "Don't worry whether it's crap or not," the last time I tried to write dialogue, or even a structured narrative, it was absolutely terrible. Like, unreadably bad. But then again, that was what, maybe 13 years ago?
Curious how it'll go. In some sense, I haven't tried "cheating" by writing yet, because I figure it'll be better to just jump in feet first on Nov. 1. I've got enough of a basic plot/character outline that I think I can just leap into it. It'll be interesting. Maybe not "readable," but I suppose that's not the point.
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"Don't worry whether it's crap or not," is the hardest part, as you've already noted.
Reading Chris Baty's "No Plot? No Problem!" actually went a long way to getting me in the right mindset. I have it somewhere in the house. I'll dig it up for you.
I think the hardest part, for me, has been reigning in the plot as I tend to let my characters, even minor characters, steer me somewhere I hadn't planned on going.
I can't wait till December so I can read everyone's "finished" product.
:O I'm not sure my writing would be fit for any non-me eyes. We'll see. :D
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